The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-08 00:00:00

prisoners alio had been tried and convicted at the present
sessions had been illegally so.
The Foreman of the Jury wished the Learned Counsel to
state the grounds on which he made the assertion.

Mr. PHILLIPS said he had no doubt the jury were aware that a
new system had been introduced at Clerkenwell; the Magis.
trates there not considering the business as it had been conducted
for the last century properly managed, and there being a new
Chairman appointed, had written to Lord Melbourne, who ap-
peared to adopt their views. In consequence thereof, an in-
termediate session was created, which was held no longer ago
than last week, by which the Clerkenwell gaol was cleared of
prisoners. On Monday last the regular ordinary Quarter Ses-
sions came on, and when the Magistrates sat they found there
were no prisoners to try, all the cases having been disposed
of at the intermediate sessions. The Magistrates looked no
further than their own little Court, which they adjourned
from Monday to Thursday, on which day, being a county
day, they were to sit again. In the mean time all the bills
returned to the Old Bailey were found. It must be well
known to the Jury that the oaths to all the witnesses were
administered in Court, or while the Court was sitting, by a
competent person, and on the back of the bills was endorsed
" sworn in Court." The Court not sitting, it was impossible
that the parties could be sworn in Court, or before a com-
petent authority ; but some individual, at some dirty hole in
Clerkenwell, had taken upon himself to swear the parties
and endorsed the on back of the different bills, " sworn inCourt."
The Grand Jury had, therefore, found true bills against the
different prisoners upon incompetent oaths. _ . .

The Foreman of the Jury said all the prisoners that had
been tried, he supposed, must be tried over again.
One of the officers of the Court stated that lie was at
Clerkenwell on Wednesday, and there was no Court sitting
there.

Mr. PHILLIPS observed that Mr. Clarke had stated that h
was at Clerkenwell on Tuesday, and there was no Court then
sitting.
Mr. CLARKSON said that Mr. Adolphus went to the Court
on Monday at one o'clock, and it was not sitting then.
Mr. Sergeant ARtaIN said, that as the Judges were coming
to.day, they should be consulted.

•Mr. PHILLIPS hoped that counsel would not have to defend
he prisoners over again.

Mr. Sergeant ARABIN said that he could not go on with the
trial of the two prisoners at the bar, did he not understand the
indictment was correct with respect to them. The jury found
the two prisoners guilty, and at the conclusion of the trial the
Learned Sergeant left the Court. On his return he stated that
he had consulted with the Judges upon the distressing occur-
rence that had been mentioned in the course of the morning,
and they had advised him to do, as they had done, proceed
no further with the Middlesex cases, until all the
special facts of the case should be proved to the open
Court when it could be considered what bills might
or not proceed, and what should be done with those
which had been tried. The occurrence was a most lament-
able one. He should proceed with no other case until the
matter had been fully investigated in the other Court, and he
would now proceed there for that purpose.

A Juror wished to know whether the officer would not
have to summon another Jury, in case the prisoners had to be
tried over again.

Mr. Sergeant ARABIN could not give any opinion on that
point. They were now near the close of the present session,
and it might be discovered that the Bills had been found be-
fore one of them on the Monday, or on the Thursday. The
Learned Sergeant left the Court, the business of which was
entirely suspended up to the period of our reporter leaving.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JULY 7.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived from the river
and sailed the Hero of Malown, Richmond, and the Eliza,
Follies, for Bombay.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 6 AND 7.—Arrived the Banton, Friend,
from Memel; and the Alexander, Waugh, from London for
Bengal. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pantaloon, for Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 6.—Wind S.E., fresh breezes.—Arrived
the Amyntas, Moon, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed
his Majesty's ship Thunderer, for the West Indies.
FALMOUTH, JULY 5 AND 6.—Wind E.S.E. to S.S.E , fresh
breezes.—Arrived the Cadiz packet Almeida, from off Oporto,
sailed the 25th ult. Sailed the George steamer, Allen, for
Lisbon; the Reindeer packet,for Jamaica and Carthagena ; and
the Mutine packet, for Halifax and Bermuda.

BRI DPORT, JULY 6.—Arrived the Echo, Balfour, from Riga.
GUERNSEY, JULY s.—Arrived the Martin, Mars, from Bar-
badoes.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 6.—Arrived the Canadian, Robb, from
Pernambuco. Off port, the Arethusa, from Barbadoes ; Sir
Walter Scott, from New Brunswick ; and John, Southey, from
Leghorn.
GREENOCK, Jutv s.—Arrived the Robertson, Neil, from
Montreal, and Wolfscove, Hamilton, from St. John's New
Brunswick. Sailed, the Packfield, M'Auley, for Bombay,
Lord Eldon, Dawson, for Bengal; and Frances, Heath, for
Bombay.

DUBLIN, JULY 6.—Arrived the Gratitude, Wright, from
Riga.

WATERFORD, Juz s.—Arrived the Jane, Elliot from
London.

CORK, JULY s.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Rees, from St.
John's, New Brunswick ; T. S. Reeves, Bailey, and Governor,
Corney, from London.

PENZANCE, JULY 6.—Arrived off port, the Highbury,
Cook, from Berbice.

ABERDEEN,:JULY s.—Arrived the Confidence, Craigie, from
alga.

The Princess Charlotte, bound to Bombay, put back to
Liverpool on the sth inst., in consequence of having been foul
of some mudflats in the River.

The Thomas Robinson, from Sierra Leone to London, put
into Terceira in distress, and has been declared unworthy of
repair

Arrived off the Wight the Japan, from Japan.

Mr. VERNON has given notice for the 30th
of July, to bring in a Bill to regulate the sale of corn by
weight instead of measure.
THE SILK AND COTTON TRADE IN LAN-
CASHIRE.—SiIk weaving for eight or ten miles round
Manchester has become dull within the last month. The
manufacturers attribute the diminished demand to the rise
which has taken place in the raw silk market, which has
advanced 20 per cent. The advance on cotton wool has
had a similar effect, but it is hoped that it will be tem-
porary.
A certain eloquent fanatic, whose enthusiasm
and bewildered zeal have recently occasioned so much
controversy, prayed three or four hours the other day over
the dead body of his child, in the hope that its life might
be restored.

The Commons' Committee now sitting to
investigate further, and report on the bribery and corrup-
tion of the last election in the borough of Warwick, is an
open Committee; but the publication of the evidence is
prohibited till the report is made. The colour of the case
is blacker than that of any former investigation. Pink
and Blue represent the " Independent interest," and
Orange the interest of the Earl of WARWICK; but the
latter colour may be hereafter exchanged for black. The
name of the departed steward is BROWN. The extraor-
dinary nature of the facts proved before the Committee,
are the subject of general conversation in the Houses of
Parliament. On Saturday a witness of the name of
HOLBROOK, the Under Steward of the Earl of WAR.
wtcx, detailed the most disgraceful circumstances con-
nected with the manufactory of " Orange votes" prior
to the last contest. The proceedings consequent on the
report, it is rumoured, will be of an unusual description ;
and public report:states that the offices of Lord Lieutenant
of the county of Warwick, and Recorder of the borough
of Warwick, will both be vacant. It is said that several
" notices to quit" and " ejectments" will be served in
Parliament and the King's Bench.

SONGS OF WARWICK.
(From a volume of unpublished Poems now in the Press.)

THE WITNESS WHAT SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
AIR-.." .Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue."

Here's a health to the witness that's true—
Here's a health to the witness that's true !
If Justice and Honesty give us our rights,
We care not for Orange or Blue!!
0 give us but freedom and peace-
-0 give us but freedom and peace!
Let honesty triumph in Liberty's cause,
And care not for Orange or Blue!
Hurrah for the witness that's true:
Hurrah for the witness that's true!
Let honesty triumph in Liberty's cause,
And care not for Orange or Blue
May WARWICK be freed from the curse
That long has degraded her name!
May LIBERTY'S enemies have their deserts,
And each good Elector his claim.
Away with coercion and bribes!
Away with the smiles of deceit !
We'll fearlessly fight for our freedom and truth,
And never, 0 never retreat I
Hurrah for the witness that's true, &c.

It is not the colour that gives
The joy noble feelings impart;
For falsehood may stand in the colours of Truth,
And black be the hue of the heart
0 ! come, then, ye Warwickshire men !
Let each be but honest and true ;
For Freedom disdains coloured shackles to wear—
The Orange, the Pink, or tile Blue !
Hurrah for the witness that's true, &C.

May light on the Castle be shed,
May Content upon Industry wait !
May the false be despised, and no longer the slave
Attend at the Nobleman's gate ;
0 let us be true to ourselves!
We'll join in good humour and glee;
The chain shall be broken, the spell be destroyed,
And WARWICK be happy and free!
Hurrah for the witness that's true, &c.