The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-09 00:00:00

11 F SUN, LON_DON, 11-IURSDA , JANUARY 9, [B4O

?fired duties To:•se enod sort of men' have a great
horror offincluatha; dui ; t hey derange the currency,
and cause ;;re It losses to the merchants and manufac.
turers and this pa-ticulatly affects the class calling
theins.-Aves i,derados. But are these the only evils
produud by the infamous Corn-laws? Look at the
thousands of industrious workpeopic walking about
unemployed. Look at the thousands more who ar?,
only half fed and' then look at the diabolical law which
taxes these poor wretches, 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 ON TIIE PEOPLE OF 6,000,000/. A
YEAR.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

(Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.)

IMMENSE FAILURE-IN RE IFEELE, ALVES, AND lIAR-

BISON.

These bankrupts, who are underwriters at Lloyd's,
appeared before the Court on Tuesday upon their final
examination Their personal debts and liabilities are
near 70,000/., and they are also further liable (as un-
derwriters) for policies of insurance, &c.,, to the immense
amount of nearly 500,000/.
Application was made on behalf of several creditors
that they might be allowed to prove against the bank-
rupts' separate estates, as they had frequently signed
separately. There was also a question raised as to
whether Mr. Harrison was a partner or an agent. It
appeared that the bankruptcy had been caused by se-
vere losses.

The Learned CommtssioNxit observed upon the case
being a very important one, and said, under all the cir-
cumstances, he should allow the creditors to prove
against the separate estates of the bankrupts whose ac-
ccunts appeared to be satisfactory.
This is the largest failure which has taken place at
Lloyd's for many years. The bankrupts were allowed
to pass their final examination.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

policeman was called in, and other parts of the property
were taken from her person. As a woman had fre-
quently called upon her, Mr. Capper gave or-
ders that she should bo secured. Next morn-
ing the prisoner Perry called, and asked for Mor-
gan. She was given in charge, and, on searching her
lodgings, other parts of the property were found
Mr. BEST addressed the Jury for the prisoners. He
said he would be able to prove that Morgan had been
six times in St. Luke's Hospital, and was at times to-
tally incapable of knowing right from wrong ; and he
would be able to prove, with respect to Perry, that
hitherto she had borne an irreproachable character,
and was incapable of stealing the trifling property found
in her room. It was too unlike a thief to give her proper
address in a moment,and there was no attempt at hiding it.
He then called Dr. Davis, the resident apothecary at
St. Luke's, who had had Morgan six times under his
care, and she at times was incapable of knowing right
from wrong. Also Major Revel, who said he had often
left Perry and her husband in charge of his town-house
for months together, in which there was much property,
and he never found any thing wrong. He would take
her into the same situation to-morrow, if discharged.
She was sister to Morgan.
The Jury acquitted both prisoners—Morgan on the
ground of insanity.

IN THE MATTER OF W. F. GEACH, GENT., &C.
Before the rising of the Court last night., Mr. BAL-
LANTINE applied to the Court for a warrant against
William Foster Geach, a solicitor, residing at Mon-
mouth, whose name the Learned Gentleman said had
lately been made familiar to the public, be being the
professional adviser of Mr. John Frost, charged with
high treason. The Grand July had returned a true
bill against Mr. Geach for obtaining a large sum of
money by means of false pretences—the case was a very
bad one, the amount obtained being upwards of 2,0001.
The COURT immediately granted the application.
Mr. BALLANTYNE then applied to know what bail
the Court would require under the circumstances.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN said the usual security must
be given ; the Court must treat every case .ak--F:c-,7Y..:1-
out respect of persons.
Mr. BALLANTINE hoped that the security would be
proportionate to the amount. The gentleman on
whose behalf he (Mr. B ) made the application did not
wish to act vindictively or vcxitiously.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN ordered that the defendant
should enter into his own recognizances in the sum of
200/., and find two sureti"s in the sum of 501. each, and
that 48 hours' notice should be given to the prosecu-
tor's attorney.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, a gentleman, named Benjamin Green,
applied to Mr. Twyford for a summons against Ma-
dame Vestris, and if it could not be granted, for his
advice, under the following circumstances :—On Thurs-
day evening, he went to Covent Garden Theatre, and
having paid for a seat in the pit, he found it so full,
that he could not obtain even standing room, which,
after much inconvenience, be represented to the cheque-
, taker, who directed him to the gallery. He accordingly
• proceeded to the gallery, but found that part of the
house so crowded that he was again compelled to
appeal to the cheque-taker to return him his money, or
to accommodate him with a seat in another part of
the theatre, where he could get a glimpze of
the stage, but after a great deal of remonstrance.
he could not succeed, and he was finally informed that
he could get a cheque for the next evening's entertain-
ment, which it would be necessary for him to present at
the box-office on the following morning. He considered
such a proposition a great injustice, not only to himself
but also to the public, as it might not be exactly conve-
nient for a person who might reside at a distance to
appear with a cheque the next morning, having besides
been disappointed in seeing the entertainment for which
he had paid his money. On leaving the theatre he was
told by a gentleman that such a circumstance was not of
rare occurrence, and he was surprised that there was no
redress.

Mr. TWYFORD said he had in early life, when he was
more in the habit of frequenting theatres than at pre-
sent, repeatedly suffered similar inconveniences, and in
his capacity of Magistrate he could not afford redress.
The applicant thought that Madame Vestris ought
to put up a board in some conspicuous part of the
theatre to inform the public when the house was so full
as not to be capable of affording more accommodation,
and not to sanction such a system of swindling, which
ought not to go unpunished.
Mr. TWYFORD regretted he could afford no assist-
ance, nor could he inform the applicant what steps to
take under such circumstances.
The applicant then went as ay.

FARMERS' INSURANCE COMPA NY.—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 vir,: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 sonic years ago " !righted the isle from its
propriety." This is now well followed up. The new
feature of insurance against storms, and the' appropria-
tion of a portion of the profits to deserving labourers,
arc highly important.—From a Correspondent.
USE IS SECOND NA T URE.-A singular in-
stance of the aversion of a member of the canine species
to emancipation from the "truckroas:stwemiti: exhibited
itself
his titself in the Blackfriars-road the other morning. A
baker was proceeding along the
bar-
row, when a dog of • the mastiff kind ran out of
a by-street, and very adroitly placed himself under the
truck, and kept his pace so even with the man, that
it was some time before, and, in fact, not until
reiterated shouts of laughter from the spectators had
drawn his attention to the circumstance, he knew the
dog was there. With all the terrors of being informed
against for having a dog under his truck, or being con-
signed to the station-house, he endeavoured to drive the
dog away ; threats were useless ; blows succeeded,
they were as unavailing. At last a carter who was
passing applied his whip to the poor dog. Poor Tray
quitted, and, with his tail between his legs, departed.
STARVING CONVICTS.—It will be recollected
that in the month of November last John Byron, the
master and part owner of the ship John Renwick, ens
committed for trial by Mr. Ballantine, one of the
Thames-police Magistrates, on a charge of stealing a
quantity of Government stores, which had been put on
board the prisoner's vessel for the purpose of supplying
the female convicts on their voyage from London to
Sydney. The poor convicts were abridged of part of
their allowance, and the stores which ought to have
been served out to them were appropriated to the use
of the ship's crew on the voyage, eat! a large quan-
tity of pease, soap, cocoa, and flour, and other stores
sent on board from the Victualling Office, at Deptford,
before the John Renwick left England, were seized
by the Thames-police on her arrival here. After
the prisoner's committal application was made to the
Magistrate to release the prisoner on bail, and tie Ad-
miralty consenting, Mr. Ballantine admitted the priso-
ner to bail, himself in 300/., and two sureties of 150/.
each, to appear and take his trial at the next Old Bailey
Sessions. He did not make his appearance, and the re-
cognizances were, on the application of the prisoner's
Counsel, who said that Byron did not surrender, be-
cause one of his witnesses had not arrived in Eng-
land, was respited until the next Sessions, when Byron
not appearing, the recognizances were estreated, and
the amount of the bail has since been paid into her
Majesty's Exchequer, In consequence of instruc-
tions from the Lords of the Admiralty, advertisements
have been inserted in the public journals, giving
a description of Byron, reciting the offence with
which he stands charged, and offering a reward of
501. for his apprehension. Large placards to the same
effect have been posted all over the metropolis and in
the outports, and several officers of the Thames police
have been making diligent search after the prisoner for
the last three weeks, but have not been able to obtain
any tidings of him. The witnesses against Byron have
been kept in London, and supported by the Admiralty,
• ever since the prisoner's examination at the police office,
and it is expected the reward offered for Byron's ap-
prehension
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is advertised to .sail again for Sydney with goods and
passengers, and it is expected that Captain Byron will
attempt to join her as she leaves Enlalnvda,llLuttoinararnetsit-
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MANCHESTER MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIF.B.—The annual
Christmas social party of the members of this excellent
and deservedly popular institution was held on Friday
evening last. The members first assembled about hall-
past seven o'clock,in the lecture theatre of the institution,
Cooper-street, to meet their
Oegixlecneitlliileseinnetentr7insiedee,nlts,,iSt
with
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Heywood,
veral rounds of hearty applause, which spoke the cordial
welcome o!' thegratified members at seeing him once more
present, in at their head.
ad-
dition to the vice-presidents and directors, we noticed
Mark Philips, Esq., M.P. ; J. Brotherton, Esq., 1\1.1). ;
P. Holland, Esq. of Knutsford ; Wm. Garnett, Esq. of
Lark Hill ; Mr. Alderman Callender ; Rev. Wm.
Gaskell ; Messrs. W. R. Greg, James Heywood, Jas.
A. Turner, Andrew Hall, Wm. Langton, Wm. Fair-
bairn, Louis Schwabe, David Price, David Holt, &c.
There were many ladies also present. The theatre was
decorated with evergreens, and over the balcony of the
music gallery was a transparency, surrounded with ever-
greens, roses, &c., and inscribed " Mechanics' Institu-
tion ; established 1824." Sir Benjimin Heywood,
President of the institution, in the chair.

By recent experiments made at Metz, it has been
ascertained that a 16-pounder impels its ball, with the
ordinary charge of powder, 506 yards in the first second
of time, and that by increasing the charge, it may be pro-
jected 817 yards within the same short space of time.

NUM At UTII SPECIAL
CO AI MISSION.

TRIAL OF MR. FROST—(SEyENTn DAY.)
THE DEFENCE.

MONMOUTH, TuEsnav NIGHT
Previous to the commencement of the proceedings Mr.
Thomas, as Counsel for Lewellyn, applied for money
taken from the prisoner at the time of his artest, 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 wi:h.
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, and
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 cuitc-
mers. Bills were drawn and accepted. There was a
bill of 571 , dated in August, for three months, due by Mr.
Frost 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 Prot,
of Newport, accepted by him, and payable at the West of
England Bank, Bristol. That was duly paid at the Bank.
‘Ve 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. Manx, 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. They had
transactions in business with Mr. Frost. Prior to No-

vember last they had for several years supplied Mr. Frost,
and our course of btiiness 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. 11s., 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 remarkably punctual 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—I never went to Newport in my life. If
Mr. Frost had come to Bristol it is probable I might have
:son him.

Mary Jones examined by Mr. Kelly—l live just by the
Blackwood, the other side of the river, next door to James
Hodges. I know him by his 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 Solicitor-General—l 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 after I saw liotes. I went for inn
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 nst see
James Hodges that morning before I saw him in bed. I
cannot say if his wife was up. I suppose she was in bed
as well as I was. Nobody was living in my house but my-
self and my daughter.
Henry Williams examined by Sir F. Pollock—l live at
Newport. lam 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 was
there as a special constable. The man who first came up
to the door said, " Surrender up your prisoners."
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 Pie-corner, which is
beyond Tredegar-park. I saw a great number armed in
various ways with pikes, guns, and mandrils. I saw one
party which was between 400 arid 500 in number. When

I saw the mob a second time they were about a mile from
Newport. They were then halting and cheering. As
soon as I saw the body I returned to the Mayor and told
him what I had seen. They were then near the Machine.
I did not observe whether they divided. When I re-
turned the second time I was stationed at the Westgate
door. I remained there until the mob came down to the

Westgate Hotel. They passed the front door and went
towards the gates. and then they returned. They were
led by the man who spoke to me, and he said, " Surrender
up your prisoners." He had an axe upon a pole. I
received two stabs in the bady, a wound in the leg.
and a gun-shot in the head. I received these wounds
from tho Chartists when I was standing at the door,
acting as a special constable. The mob tried to get in
at the door, and I and other special constables tried to pre-
vent them, and we were wounded while thus preventing
them. I heard no groaning from the special constables. I
am convinced there was no groaning. I fell senseless
after being shot. It was in the lobby where I had been
wounded. At that time a great many shots had been fired
from the insurgents. I was three or four feet inside the
door when I was shot. I saw Oliver and O'Dwyer there
acting as special constables. I saw the Chartists thrust at
us with their pikes, breaking the windows and doing every
damage they possibly could. Did not recover my senses
until after the insurgents had retreated. The lobby was
full of insurgents. I was left alone. The rest of the spe-
cial constables were driven in. Those of the mob who
were in the lobby had pikes and guns. lam not sure that
any of them were in the passage where the soldiers were
stationed, hut I ihink they were. I did not see the con-
stables make any attack, or attempt to seize a pike. We
were on the defensive. 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
many special constables then: were. I suppose there were
a hundred altogether. I think there must 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 were eight or ten shots fired. The special con.
stables 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 from Stow-hill. That would be the natural course
from the barracks. There were numbers going about at
the time who must have seen the soldiers coming down
Stow-hill. 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
saying " Surrender your prisoners." lam told that lam
to receive a pension from the Government. I am 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 am t,ow Mr tuber for this county, and have been so for
many years. f was candidate about the year 1831, at the
time of the Ri form Bill. I have a very indistinct recol-
lection of wh: i: happened in the canvas of Newport; but
I have endeavoured to recollect the facts. I regarded
what happened as a mere ebullition of popular feeling, and
I cared very little about it. My own impression is, that
there was a great tumult, with a disposition to personal
violence on the part of the mob collected. I believe the
violence was more directed against my brother, the:: can-
vassing for the borough of Newport, than against myself.
I was not with him when the violence commenced ; but on
rejoining him he told me what had happened. I saw the
mob committing violence, F.Hd 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 mb-delivery of a letter, or of the an-
swer to a letter, has not been abl 3 to attend.

The case here closed for the prisoner.
Thomas Watts was then called, and examined by the
Attorney-General—l live at Gelly-grove, thirteen miles
from Newport, and about a mile and a quarter from Black-
wood. I left my house at Gelly-grove about half-past
seven or. 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 Risca, which is nearer to
Newport. Where I met him is five miles and a quarter
from Newpoi t, 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 I met him
there between eight and nine o'clock. From half-past
eight to nine. Hodges was then walking very fast, and
coining up from Newport towards Blackwood.
Cross-examined by Sir Frederick Pollock—l am a
hollier and a farmer. lam in the service of no one as a
hollier. I keep a team for drawing wood. The Trederr'ar
Company employs me and other persons. My landlord is
Jones, of Lanarth. I first mentioned yesterday morning
that I saw Hodges on the road, and mentioned it to Mr.
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 when I saw Hodges, and where I saw him.
I keep my clocks twenty minutes fast, in order to get my
servants up early in the morning. I saw Hodges first at
the Welsh Oak, between:half-past eight and twenty minutes
to nine o'clock. The Welsh Oak is three miles and a half
from. Pie-corner. I have been serviceable in this prosecu-
tion, and will be so again if I can.
Cross-examined—l am a constable, and had taken 23 of
the prisoners myself.
Sir Frederick Pollock—What I meant was that you
were a fetch-and-carry sort of person—bringing pikes in
and out, and so on.

Re-examined—l have had the custody of the pikes. I
rode down that morning at the rate of ten miles an hour.
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
asked the insurgents what they wanted, and that the insur-
gents gave a certain reply to that question.
Sir F. Pollock submitted that the Crown could not do
this. The Crown would in the first instance have proved
whatever happened in the front of the inn, and of a list of
900 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 might have called this very Edward
Hopkins.
Judge Parke remarked that he had been examined.
Sir F. Pollock—lle was called, and produced a number
of weapons. He was actually sworn to produce weapons.
Ile did produce 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 beyond the
production of weapons no question had been put to him.
He submitted, then, that the Crown had no right to call
him forward to contradict the witness, who merely gave
a different statement of the transaction from that the
witness on the part of the Crown had originally given, and
the mere circumstance of one of the witnesses having named
Hopkins, as a person who had taken a certain part in the
transaction, would not entitle the Counsel for the Crown
to call Hopkins to give a substantial contradiction to that
which the witness had stated.