The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-02 00:00:00

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,

PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Globe.)
The Post, in an article intended as a defence of
the Corn-:aw monopoly, exceeds the usual quantum
of ignorance generally evinced by that Journal on
this important question ; and, what was yet more
difficult, the limits, if such there be, to the dis-
position it indulges to misrepresent those who ad.
vocate a repeal or mitigation of the existing mono-
poly :—" It is manifest from the language of the Go,
vernment prints that they exult in the circumstances
of distress produced by the bad harvests of the last two
years. 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 advocates
the modification or total repeal 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 ?
We 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-growinghut u
t;
compellingwhichSatesfrmits purchase
thhaesye arein
attend its cultiva-
is by any'of the accidents which
specie at 'exorbitant, rate,. when Ole the.,home sup-
ply Lion 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 several 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 decision operating
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

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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 Pembroke, Earl of charleville,
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 that a. Protestant wo-
man had married a Catholic, and partially conformed 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 grant the prudent penitent 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.

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