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      iL u dU not repeal the old law . , en , was trt " -if ar d mauifest enactment : The first mod * of .-af > r- 4 obedience to the laws -was to take care to omt it .- enactments in the seat » f justice itself . H ; •¦ t ei- it "vrith the greatest confidence in 'i- " iai ^ - 'Tions construction of the Act of P&rliajaent , H&- ie accused nnm hav-s , at the same time *¦ & . ; he indictment , a list of the jury aad tb- > witnesses . This practice had prevail m al fc- hifeiausea to which he had been enab . e « U refer . In Home Tooks ' * case , in the tweDtyiocrth wiusne of the Sun- Trial * , p . 219 , after * ta > ing the proceeding * , the indictmenl frame ! Us 8 crr < i : * r cf on # o ' the prisoners , the assignment of c ^ ic ^ I f'jr their defence , he found thi * passage : — OnM ridy , October 13 : h , Mr . White , Sahcitor for th = T--- ! isarr . delivered to each of the pri « oner >

      Whatth / Coniiuued from our eighth page . ) lefi-rr . andhebeEeved with fee approbation of the at . Urd Teaterden , they ought not to hear ° « "ct XHKSrrctioB * or of new construction ^ Tee only iing taej * honldlook for should be the true comwuciionfbe it what it might . He did not mean » ietracl fioiL the high character «** S !? £ * iorid Jtsdce Fw- ^ sr , but he hoped their Uririupi * ° ™ » potmd th » law as laid down a the act , and as foU lowed in uhj instances to which he had been able to Ur ^ fli at considering what Mr . Justice Foster b EDr ^ ' - diSpproval wu of what ^ constituted the S ? Tb " lMmeS counsel then referred to Peel ' s II > z't rge IV . 60 , sec . 21 . That act was flr * * - n « -ith ^ eat eare , and it was to be observed ,

      &COV 1 - "V : - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ indictment , a list of the jurors enp&nhcLhi ' - . - : . 2 sheriff , and a list « f th » witnesses to be tt > ' 1 : * - by the Crown for pro-ring the said inuiei ' rii - - There the act was complied with . Hf xfia , ; p-edge himself that the ? ame _ tonne had , = * £ . foiowdd in every other case , for it w _ a * only zt' ~ T he arrived in that town , and inquired into the reamer in which the lists had been deliTered . that iio objection occurred to him , and he was obliged to contend himself with a reference to snch authorise * as he hid brought down with him . Is Crosgf--d ' s cw . which occurred in 1796 , 26 th toI . of the Siai' T-.-u ~ . ; precisely th » same entry was iound . Xis Ai ' -ruej-Genera ] , then Sir John Scott , after-» % r d * t > . « Teaerable Earl of Eldon , laid down the iaw di ? riiit ' jy to die jury as he ( Sir F . Pollock ) had ¦ rti-.-. ed it . Intba ewe of David M'Lean , who-was sic- - ii I ' . 'i 7 \ the prisoner was brought to the bar , Kidit'oriEed hT the Court that a bill of indictment

      had been found againat him , with a copy of which h "oragtke duty of the Attorney-General to supply him , tog « iher with a list of the jurora and a list oi ft . e wimessea ; and accordingly , on the 17 th of June , the sslici'ur for the Crown did . aerie the prisoner wii a copy » f the indictment , and lists of the juror * V > be imjEOinelled and of -witnesaes to be produced oe the trial to proTe the indictment , in the manner direetw by the irarate of Anne . And the trial of O'Cagleyl in 1798 , reported in th * " 26 ih volume of the State Trials , he found that the » olicitor for the teial adopted a precisely similar course , and delivered qe a particular day the ttver&l documents to the pruox&r . He was obliged to pass from the year 1796 to the year 1817 , for he was not aware of any

      important trial for treason baring occurred in the intenrai , excepting that of Dispart , which occurred in 1803 . He had not . howeTer , th * Tolume of statutes * i haad is whick that case waa reported , but he waj qnite certain that in all ingtances care had been token that the statute of Ann » had been properly oofDpB * dwitb _ Thenextcafethentowhichhe « hould iirecttheatteiJtionoftheCourt occurred in 1817 , the yaar after he wu called to the bar . This was Watson ' s case , and waa to be found in the 32 nd Tolume of the State Trials , or in the 1 st volume of an authorized repert taken in shorthand , and published about the time . At page 26 of the latter publication there occurred the following poiaje : — " On Monday , the 5 th of May , Mr . Iich&dd , the solicitor for the Crown . deliTered to each

      « tae pnacmers a copy of the indictment , together with lists oj the jurors , and of witnesses to be produced by tbe Ciown . " Again , in the autumn of the same year , ifae case Brandretii came on ; and , on the 2 nd of October , Mr . Lichfield deliTered the same identical documents to the prisoner . The last precedent which he sJLoald dtfc was the case of Arthur Thistlewood , which oxurred in 1820 , reported in the 33 rd Tolume of the SUte Trials , and in the 1 st Tolume of the authorized ditkai . It appeared from these accounts that , on the and of April , Mr . ilaule , the solicitor for the Treasury , d ^ rvered ts each prisoner a copy of the indictment , a Kb « t jarctt , and a list of -witnesses . He had not been « &ie to find * -complete report of any othes trial An seccsfit of one , however , might be seen in the State

      TTiais . . tet as this professed to be taken from the Anmat Sepitter , a publication not intended for the legal prtfcaskin , H was not surprising that a full account of whs * took pkee wu not given . But he found in the icpori cf Lord George Gordon ' s trial , given in the 21 st vtrfiaecf the State Trials , some mention made of the particular coarse of proceeding to which he now called & £ ittflttk / tt ( A the Court , md he thought Una ease one ci rreater inporta&ce , because it was the first that had risen sisoe the operation of the statute of Anne , and becKose U sL- wed what was the judicial eonstaruction then p * t aj-ocUiat act In the case he referred to the - bwjSosrs eiHw m > wn- » yp » ad- » fr » b » nit fi mk ^ i M"t ; i . ; ii &ti they were bound under th * lav to take a gfcTfifwfrr eourae , that course being to deliver to the

      piioner a list of the jurors , together with a copy of Hie indictment , at one and the same time . The Court oi King ' s Bench also felt bound to give every facility in atdss to enable the law officers * l the aurni to take * h * X osrae which was enjoined by the law , and here he ( Sir Frederick Pollocki need not state to their Lordships that that which -was proper to be done -with respect to the lists of jurors must be equally proper with respect to the list of witness *! . The proceeding against Lord Seorge Gordon occurred in 1781 , and was to be found reported , as he had before said , in the 21 st Tolume . He would state to -their Lordships the substance of a note at page 64 & After referring to the statute of William III ., and observing that the statute of Anne waa an extension of that act , it went on to

      state that this latter proTiBion was not to take effect ontl after the death of tie Pretender , and that this was fee first instance in which the prisoner had the benefit of obtaining & list of his jurors . He found in the next a statement to this effect : an indictment for high treason fc&Ting been found , the Attorney-General moved in last term for a rule on the Sheriff of Middlesex to compel him to . deliver to the prosecutor a list of the jurors intended to be returned on the panel , in order that the I * 06 ecutoi might be enabled to deliver such list to tiie prisoner , according to tte provision of the statute of Anne , at the same time with a copy of the indictment rtat learned gentleman said that tais course seemed , to him the only method of complying with the statute <* Anne . The then Attorney- General , their Lordships

      were aware , had no occasion to apply to toe Court with respect to the list of witnesses , because , of course , the Attorney-General Mm self possessed the means of furnishing that list Fortunately he Sir F . Poll » ck ) found m a note to the " State Trials" a [ copy of the original role , which wis drawn up in the following words : — " Kiddlesfii The King ag&inst George Gordon , Esq ., wnmonly called Lord George Gordon ; it is ordered that the Sheriff of Middlesex do forthwith deliver to 7 ii . Chamberlayne , the solicitor of the prosecutor , a Est of the jurors to be returned by him for the trial of tiie prisoner , together wirh a description of their places o £ abode , and their professions , in order that such list may be delivered to the prisoner at the same time that a copy of the ; indictment shall be delivered . on the

      motion cf the Attorney-Generai . " He f « und , then , that tne uniform practice had been such as he described , and in the last important case he had quoted it waa formed by the c&urt itself . He therefore submitted that there -was a recognition on the part of the court that « wh , and no other , -wag and ought to be the practice . If , then , it be the practice with respect to the lists of jurors , he would almost ay , a fortiori , it must be the practice with respect to the list of witnesses , beeaase there was no distinction which the most . sjabtJe ingenuity could draw between the legislative . ' -enactment , as regards the one and the other . Conse-3 &entiy not only were the provisions of the statute perfectly dear and free from doubt , but the practice . founded npon it was unvaried and unbroken , and

      appeared to have been settled , in the first instance , . after grave deliberation on the part of the law officers * the Crown in 17 S 1 , and their view of the case was aneti&ned Ly the Court , for it made the unity of time . fcr the delivery both of the copy of the Indictment Bd the list of jurors a part of the rule , thereby ehowtog _ the reason why it called upon the sheriff to do that which , at the time , was an unusual proceeding . He did not know whether it was the intention of his learned friends on the other side to call upon their *** GE hip 3 to look only to the grounds and object of jke statute , and to the spirit in which it had been named , and that , if they found that substantially the » ct had been complied with , to call upon them , then , to try the prisoner for his life upon this grave charge ,

      * nd proceed with this important taial , though the act cad not been complied with literally . He begged to « J with respect to the objects of the » ct , their Lord-* jpj had nothing whatever to do , any more than «• Justice Foster had when he wrote about it in Prate . Their Lordships might think that , in Btrict-W «* > taese provisions were ueles * and unnecessary . Jw -wisdom of the law has enjoined Hum , and the ¦» must be obeyed . Ssppow it had tamed out that « Mjwk had been obliged to admit thai be had ** r « ped a copy of the indictment , a lirt of the pansi , « . farthe sake of argument , he would alto rappoM ?**•* Trtjaeaes ^ oae » d the same tim « , but that ** «» d fifl&tpnd them in the presence of oae witnau , F **** 4 of two . as Teeruiriri ) tv l » w whik tkmc ^ KU tim .

      ffi WoM the prisoner have suffered from that ¦ lUui atace , provided he obtained all the Informatioa " *• ¦*»« necessary ; and yet woald any lawyer say *» t , if the prisoner had bo received them , he would d 2 t ^ T ^ ri ? ht to ofcj ** * **** k * not b ** fjrrwed in pursuance of the statute f Would he 2 ° « nave a right to say , " Do no ! talk to me of » object of the act ; do not tell me that I have as w « o information as the statute intended to give «^ I claim tfcg pn ^^ e of the law ; I have ™* ived these documents in the presence of but one * p * nta ; the law requires two : the delivery is vicioms ; » can be of no avail , and you cau call no witnesses

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      whose names are to De louna in a list bo imperfectly and illegally delivered . " If they were , however , to look for a reason why tba Act should be strictly complied with , though against the necessity of doiag so he respectfully protested , he apprehended that very weighty and important reasons might be given for every part of the proviBions of that Act . It was obvious that , considering the influence and power of the Crown , it was thought necessary that there should be two witnesses instead of one . It was also thought right that the prisoner should have all the documents to which he had referred delivered to him at one and the same time , and not by driblets ; that he ought not to have a copy of the indictment delivered to him at one moment , and at another a list of the jurors , and at a third period a Si 3513 e ^ rSl ^ bSlfSS ^^ t ^ SrSISSS

      list of the witnesses . It was important that documents should be delivered together , in order that they might ' be connected together . Without something to connect i them , how would the prisoner know to -what indictment the list ef witnesses referred ? He held in his hand a list of the witnesses delivered , not t « Mr . ; Frost , but to one of the other prisonera , and he believed they , were all alike . It was thus worded : " A list ; of the witnesses to be produced on the trial of ; on an indictment found against him for high treason in ; order to prove the same indictment . " Excepting that ] general statement , there was no mention either of the i nature of the charge—of the time when the indict-| ment was formed , and , therefore , nothing to connect ! it with the indictment , unless , indeed , it had been

      ; delivered , along with it In modern times charges for | high treason had been very rarely brought , but at for-; nier periods they had been frequent . But supposing , as : he bad a right to do , that the same individual was : charged wivh high treason under two separate indictments , was this laxity , this illegality of practice of which he now complained , to be tolerated ? If it obtained , a prisoner mi sht have one indictment with a list of jurora , and another indictment with : a list of jurors also , delivered to him , and sub-; sequently two lists of witnesses , - without the slightest intimation to -which indictment the : lists of witnesses respectively applied . There-; fore , he said , that the Legislature had acted ! wisely in compelling the delivery of a list of witnesses

      at the same time -with a copy of the indictment . He \ did not think he was called on to justify the statute or | to defend its policy , but he bad suggested these matters | to their Lordships' better judgment and more extensive I learning . He had a right to rtand upon this point j that it was the law of the land , and the prisoner was j eutitled ^ to the benefit of it , be the object or policy of j the Legislature what it might . He would ask . supposing Frost to nave had the benefit—which he had not ; —of counsel being assigned to him at the earliest moment , and that his counsel had received a copy of I the indictment , with a list of the jurors only , how , would they cave acted ? Had he ( Sir F . Pollocki been i present when the delivery of those two documents waa made , be should have had no heaitatation -with this

      statute before him , and backed by the authorities and practice be had already referred to , in advising II r . Frost to put the documents in the fire . He would have said to Mr . Frost , " This is the advise I give you , and with fearlessness , and your blood be upon my head if I am wrong . " The law averted the possibility of some of , these documents getting into one party ' s hands , and some into another ' s , for it bound them up together . i He . would merely now trouble the court with a remark ' or two , suggested to him by what had fallen from his . learned friends on the otlisr side , in the shape of a pro-; tesr . They had protested that he was estopped from | objecting—thathe came too late—but they condescended to allow evidence to be given . >" ow , be apprehended -that the present was the proper time to take the

      objection , and that there had been no opportanity of taking it before . There was no practice in Judges" chambers on the subject of high treason . He could not take out a summons before a J udge at Serjeant ' s-inn to compel the re-delivery of the lists . Kothing of that sort obtained , nor did any part of the doctrine of Inches apply . In such cases , at least , the crown and the prisoner are nj > on equal terms . The law intended , indeed , to put them on unequal terms , in carrying its indulgence still further as Judge Foster complained -, for by the delivery « f the list oi witnesses the prisoner -was placed in a better condition than the crown . No laches , he was aware , could be imputed to the crown so in a trial of this immense importance , touching the life of the prisoner , and connected with the commission of the great offence of

      high treason , no laches on the part of the prisoner would prevent their Lordships doing that justice which belonged to the subject the instant the truth of the 1 facts -was made to appear . When , therefore , a witness , appeared , he had stated in the outse ^ that that witness i could not be examined , because the list in which his name appeared had not been properly delivered to the I prisoner . Would the Court permit the witness to be examined , it being now manifest that the list of witnesses was delivered on a Tuesday , * nd the copy of the : iidictmeui , and the list of jurors , on the preceding ¦ Thursday . But laches was imputed to the prisoner . ! At . wkat former period could he have stated this objection ? He could not have done so at the time he was committed , because the objection must be taken at

      some period i » open court . The learned Attomey-General surety would not suggest that some one might have called on their Lordships out of this Court , oi gone to the solicitor of the Crown , or to the Attorney-General , to make complaint that a blunder had been committed , inasmuch as a copy of the indictment , with a list of the juron , had been delivered without ytttt tf TrtWiMM . Ou | Ji * the prisoner , < x anyone who represented him , to make sach a communication until this very moment , what other public occasion had he of doing so ? After committal he appeared again in Court , when he was told that he was indicted . He could not make his objection then When next was he brought before the Court ? Upon this arraignment , when the only question asked him

      was , whether he was guilty or not ; the ceremony of putting the question how he would wish to be tried j kaving be « n abolished by a recent act . Was he then ' called upon to state to the Court that he had not had a list of witnesses delivered to him properly ? Suppose , | by carrying the blunder a little further , that no list j had been delivered at all—and , if the delivery was not according to the terms of the statute , it was no delivery—was the prisoner bound to tell the law officers of the Crown that they had made a mistake , and give them an opportunity of correcting it ? Sure he was that their Lordships would never lay down any rule , or adopt any decision , which had the slightest tendency to such a result Well , alter the prisoner was arraigned the next step for the prisoner or his counsel to

      take was to challenge the jurymen as they appeared . Was that the stage of the proceedings in which he was bound to communicate to the Court that there was some vice in the delivery of the list of witnesses , of which he meant to avail himself . He iSir F . Pollock ) thought surely not . He would state to the Court what was the law on the suject according to the old act of Parliament , and the form was stated in the book to which he had so frequently referred . In the trial of commoners the keeper was called on to put the prisoners in order to be arraigned ; the clerk of arraigns then asked if the witnesses against the prisoner to be tried first were ready ; and the other prisoners being removed , be was asked whether he bad a copy of the panel of the jury two days or more since ; for at that time a copy of the

      panel waa to be delivered only two dayB before the trial . : Their Lordships w » uld see how jealous the judges were i that no advantage should be t&kcn of the prisoner . ! The form then went on to say thus : — " li the prisoner : denied having received a copy of the panel , the Court j should adjourn for several days , " in order that that list might be delivered to him . Their Lordships might , rtmember that a case - occurred where the panel failed , j It was during the trial of the rebels of St Margaret's- j hill , Southwark , under the commission of 1746 . One ! of the pr isoners challenged preremptor . ly , and the panel being exhausted , the Court adjourned for several days , in order that a new panel might be formed . The sheriff j returned a new panel , consisting partly of the former i jurors , and a sufficient number were obtained . The j Court then adjourned , in order that the prisoner might i have a copy of the panel two days previous to his trial ; ¦ cculd any one doubt that if the attorney-General on the

      present occasion , instead of adopting the moderate course of only muting ten challenges , had exhausted the panel , an adjournment of the Court must hav » taken place , excepting that the statute of Anne interposed a considerable difficulty , which was worthy of consideration—for then a copy of the indictment and lists of the jurors and witaesses could not be delivered ten days before the arraignment , as the arraignment would have been over . This showed the policy of the provision in Sir R . Peel ' Act , which allowed lists to be aelivered after the arraignment , in certain cases , provided that it was ten days before the trial . But what ^ ever might be the remedy he did not now pause to inquire . . It "wig now too late to give the prisoner , as well as the other prisoners , who were yesterday arraigned with him , the necessary lists ten days before arraignment , if the law and the authorities he had quoted had any force . But perhaps it might be the intention of his learned friends on the other aide to

      contend that there bad been some consent or acquiescence , on the part of the prisoner , to the course taken . He ; Sir Frederick Pollock ) was certain that Mr . Maule would state , nothing but what was true , though be bad thought it more regular that Mr . Maule should be in the witness-box , rather than in immediate communication with the counsel for the Crown . But -what had Mr . Maule " stated to the Court ? That he delivered a cepy of the indictment , with a list of the jurors , on the l * th of December , and that Mr . Owen had applied for a copy of the indictment That was extremely

      likely , but how did it affect Mr . Frost ? Mr . Owen was not Mr . Frost ' s attorney ; and , on application to the Court ihs > t Mr . Owen might ba assigned to him as attozaay , li the absence of Mr . Geoch , the ipplicatios wxjTrefuied , because the C « urt could not aasign him two solidtorK If Mr Owen had been the attorney of Mr . Frost , which he was not , and if he had said to Mr . Maule , " Deliver me a copy of the indictment , and I will dispose with the list of witnesses , " still that would not have deprived the prisoner of » he benefit of the Act of Parliament No man could consent away

      the life of his fellow-subject , and deprive him of that prot * ction which the law gave him . He thought that if the wisdom of the law had prevented a man in custody from 'doing a variety of acts , and from even signing a warrant of attorney without some one being present on his part to advise him , he thought his learned friends would have some difficulty in persmading tbeii Lordships that the prisoner , confined in his dungean ,

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      wild dispense with an Act passed In his favour . On tfiese grounds he trusted that their Lordships would be it opinion that the words of tiie Act were as clear and plain as language conld make them , that the construction of the Act in the beginning was equally clear , and that the practice had ever been unvaried down to ibe present time . He had heard yesterday withno surprise that the practice of the courts waa the law of the land . Their Lordships would , perhaps , give him flredit when he stated that he took the objection yestArdayfraia a peisonal and professional conviction entertained in ooinmon with many members of the bar . Still he did not expect it would succeed , because he knew the practice had been contrary to what he believed to be the meaning of the act . But ho trusted the prisoner would receive the benefit of the present objection , for he had not only the words of the statute , but the practice , also , in his favour . He trusted their Lordships would rule that the witness who had been called could not be ^ £ S ?^ S ^^ irS Mt

      examined , and that the jury , under their direction , must return a verdict of " not guilty . " Mr . Kelly then addresed the Court in support of the objection taken by Sir F . Pollock , going minutely through all the precedents cited by that learned gentleman , and contending that it was manifest both by the terms of tho statute , and the practice of the courts , that the delivery of the lists of witnesses was imperfect and illegal . I The Attorney-General then rose to reply , and had not j concluded his speech at a quarter-past four o ' clock , | proceeding to controvert the argument on the other side when our express left , at half-past four o'clock . If the reply should be finished to-night within reasonabh time , and the judgment of the Court pronounced , another express will be instantly forwarded . In the course of the day the grand jury delivered in i true bills against John Owen , far conspiracy ; Thomas Edwards , "William John Llewellyn , John Harris , and

      Coles , for consairacy ; John Gibby , for conspiracy ; Evan Edwards , for conspiracy ; Thomas Bolton , for conspiracy and riot ; John Britton and Thomas Davies , for conspiracy and riot ; and , as regards the second and \ third counts , against John Charles , for conspiracy and riot Monmouth , Wednesday , Quarter-past SeveH , p . m . After Mr . Kelly had concluded hie address , The Attorney-General proceeded to argue that in the first place Mr . Maule , the Solicitor to the Treasury , had every reason to believe that Mr . Owen was the solicitor for Mr . Frost and all the prisoners , and that Mr . Owen was exceedingly desiroju that the copy of the indictment should De served ae soon j as possible , and that it should not be delayed until

      the list of witnesses was complete ; and that Mr . Maule , to give the prisoners an additional benefit , served the copy of the indictment on the 12 th of December , although the list of witnesses was not complete till the 17 th ; and the real complaint now was , that the copy of the indictment was served too soon , for if the service of the copy of the indictment had been deferred until the 17 th of December , no objection could have been made . It was not disputed that the list of the witnesses was served in sufficient time , so that if the copy of the indictment had been served at the same time , both would have been proper ; but the objection was , that it had been served five days earlier than was necessary , and the prisoner was put in possession of the charge that was

      brought against him . There were-two grounds upon which he would submit that he was now entitled to examine the witnesses . The list had been served on the 17 th of December , and the prisoner had had not only ten but fourteen days' notice of the witnesses who would be brought against him , and he should show that the intention of the Legislature had been complied with ; and another was , that after plea pleaded , and after the jury had been charged with the prisoner , no objection could be made to the manner in which the list had been served . He apprehended the three documents , the indictment , the list of witnesses , and the list of jurors , were all on the same footing ; but he contended that the list of witnesses might be served at any time prior to the ten

      days befora tba arraignment . By the statute of Anne the three documents were to be served ton days before trial , but by Peel ' s Act there was a severance , became that enacted that the copy of the indictment and a list of the jurors were to be served ten days before arraignment , leaving the list . of witnesses as it was before . Here there was an actual severance of that which -was before required to be simultaneously done . It had been decided that after plea pleaded , and the prisoner had taken his trial he could not object to the service of the indictment . If there had been this objection , why had it not been made when the prisoners were called upon to plead rnere might then have been an adjournment , and fresh documents might have been served : but the

      objection was now made at a time when , if their Lordships decide that it was valid , tha prisoner , however guilty , must b « acquitted , and the ends of justice would be defeated . Th « Attorney-General then read the actof Anne . and contended that all that was meant by the Legiilatare was , that copies of each should be delivered to the prisoner ten days before the trial ; but his learned friends admitted , that if the copies of each had only b » en served ten days before , there could have been no objection ; but they Bay that , because the indictmentwas . deliw * i earUsr . * hat ifc waa bad . He woali peaientLJhat tha . il —* n ^ i . gTt ^ , statute was , that each of the documents Bhould be put into the hands of the prisoner at least ten davs oeiore the

      trial ; surely , therefore , if he had them fourteen days before , the prisoner could not say that he was prejudiced . But they admit if they had been re-served with each , on the 17 th , when they were served with the list of witnesses , it would have been good service . Now , in the name of God , my Lords , ¦ what object would have been obtained by this fresh service 1 If their Lordships granted this objection , what must be the rule henceforth \ Why , that everything must be withheld from the prisoner until the list of witnesses was prepared . Is thia mercyis this humanity to the prisonera » He has the indictment delivered to him some days before , and look at the benefit which he received thereby . Why , he sends it , no doubt , the next day to his attorney to seek out

      . Then he is served with a list of the jurors also on the 12 th , and was thus enabled during five extra days to discover and seek out their characters ; and no doubt his learned friendB availed themselves of it by the mode in which they made their challenges . The Attorney-General then contended that as in the words of the old statutes the prisoner for treason was to be served with a copy of the panel duly returned by the sheriff , " it might be contended that a prisoner was not served at all with the panel of the jury , inasmch as the list was not duly returned by the sheriff until returned in Court , and that the sheriff might alter it by adding names to it , and by striking names out ; but it had been held that if the list when duly returned was the same , it was according to the act substda

      not a m , not an equivalent , but really the list . Now , it was quite clear that the jury panel was not returned uutil yesterday , when M r . Bellamy , with the solemnity belonging to the case , called upon the Sheriff of Monmouth to return the precept . This being so , it might as well be contended by the prisoner that he had never been duly served with a list of the jury . Again , supposing only forty jurors had been returned , and they had been exhausted by the peremptory challenges on the part of the prisoner , and the challenges on the part of the CroWD , would the prisoner have been thereby acquitted 1 No , their Lordships would have issued a fresh precept for 100 or more jurors , and would have postponed the trial . The prisoner would , no doubt , have been entitled to have the fresh list so made , and he would have been served with a copy of it ten days before

      the trial , but would he have been served with a fresh copy of the indictment after arraignment ? No , for it would have been a farce and a mockery upon justice to have done so , and the three documents could not have baen delivered at the same time . It was contended by the other side that each of these three acts must be done semel et simul , but this could not be as was evident in tha instance which he had mentioned ; there was , however , no donbt but that the iutentions of the Legislature were complied with by each being served ton days before the trial . The Attorney-General then again contended , that even if the objection were good , the latest time according to all works of authority—the latest time at which the prisoner could make the objection , was before the jury were charged with the indictment .

      The Learned Counsel was proceeding in his argument at half-past six o ' clock , when The Judges having consulted for a few minutes , Chief Justice Tindal said , there appears 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 isvalid , but it is a question upon which no direct decision has taken ? lace , and which calls for very serious consideration . t is the most important that the same objection may apply to the several other cases in which the

      mdictmtnts 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 prejudice or disadvantage of the prisoner , and from causing a failure of public justice . We shall allow the trial to proceed , and take opinion of her Majesty ' s Judges on the validity of the point , provided such proceed ings should become neeessarj . To-naoreow morning w © shall proceed with the evidence . r The C « urt then adjourned to to-morrow at nitte o ' clock , *' ¦

      ( From our own Correspondent . ) - The whole of Tuesday was taken up with the arraiging of the Jury , and the discussion of points of law consequent thereon . The Court did not adjourn till half-past six o ' clock , and at nine on Wednesday morning the proceedings were resumed , by a very tame opening speech from the Attorney-General . 3 Yost and the other prisoners looked remarkably % qU , and pleaded " Not guilty" in a firm tone . The-ftftet from this place is very inconvenient , and thereifcr I am compelled to snatch at such matter as may be . deemed important in a hurried manner . It is now one o clock , and Sir Frederick Pollock is engaged in shewing cause why the proceedings should

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      be quashed , and Frost acquitted for want of a sufficient compliance with the Act of Parliament 7 th Anjie , which requires that the names of jurors , together with the names of the witnesses , Bhouldbe 2 v er ^ tocher with the indictment . The names ° V . ^ le witnesses were not dolivered in accordance With the terms required by the statute ; and I see no chance for the Attorney-General , except in the clkmemct of the Court . Frost haB been indicted f Alone j and is now at my back : his counsel are working with real , ability , and power not to be surpassed . If counsel should fail to impress the Court with a knowledge of the law , and should any of the prisoners be found guilty , a eood cround for arrest ^^ H . ^^^ Htedfor ofa .

      J " S ™ ent wil 1 hav « been laid . I have been in court all day , and all yesterday , and cannot yet form the slightest opinion of the feeling of the Crown . Nothing could be more moderate than the opening speech of the Attorney-General ; and several of the metropolitan politicians now at Monmouth begin to langh at themselves and the . piiblic , for the manner 10 which the'correspondents' of the "bloody old Times" have duped them . Not one word of truth has appeared in the Times from first to last , either aa to the original attack or the state of the county . I understand that some of the fabricators have been living sumptuously upon the game of Sir Chas . Morgan . The great gun of Monmouth , Mr .

      O'Connor , arrived here yesterday morning , at half-past eight o ' clock , in a chaise and four ; and in consequence of which , I learn that much money has changed hands . Bets were made of 5 to 1 , 10 to 1 , 20 to 1 , and even as high as 30 to 1 , that ho would not attend the trials : some of the newsmongers have been heavily bit . I shall write by every post . Sir Frederick is still-speaking , and I have not more than ten minutes , to write . He is evidently making a deep impression upon , tho Court . I learn that the Jury is as good as the district could furnish . I sat for three hours last night in the prison with Frost , who seems to possess more fortitude than any man I ever met .

      Thursday , Two o'clock . Since I wrote yesterday , the Court has decided upon reserving the point carried by Mr . Frost ' s Coimselfor the opinion of the fifteen Judges . Therefore , should there be a conviction , the matter cannot be decided sooner than the latter end of Match , or the beginning of April . The point must be deoided for tiie prisoner if there be any virtue in an Act of Parliament . ^ ThiB ' 6 ofniBg , Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr . Kelly tahod another objection upon the admissibility of the evidence of the witnesses , whose names were oontained in the lists served upon Mr . Frost ; the description not being in compliance with the terms

      'of the statute . The objection was ably sustained , and at great length by the prisoner ' s coumel , but was over-ruled by the Court , without calling upon the Counsel for the prosecution even to reply ; thus every _ point , save one , and that one which would have involved the character of the Judges , has been decided against-the prisoner . It was the manifest feeling of the whole profession , as well as the- best informed persons io . the Court , that the proceedings should have been quashed yesterday for want of compliance with the statute ; and I state upon the authority of Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr . Kelly that the decision upon tho point reserved for the consideration of the Judges must be ruled

      m favour of the prisoner . I never saw a more oxpensive case than that got up against Frost upon the part of the Crown , while the professional gentlemen engaged for the prosecution have lost much of the professional reputation for which the country gave . them credit . The zeal and the ability of Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr . Kelly is matter of universal , admiration . Trials for high treason have not been of recent occurrence , anu consequently not within the practico of many men at tho bar ; but , notwithstanding , so great has been the diligence of of ^ the eonrael . for the prisoners , they made themselves acquainted with every case that has been raled , or that can at all bear upon the argument . Indeed , those two gentlemen , of the highest professional reputation , do not confine their attention to the mere duty which barristers ordinarily perform

      for their clients ; as an instance I communicate to you one fact . Last night , at eight o'clock , both gentlemen , accompanied by Mr . Tyhomas , Mr . Geach , and Mr . O'Connor waited upon Mr . Frost , at the gaol , for the purpose of holding a consultation with Mr . Frost . This upon the part of a barrister of any rank is of rare occurrence , and is considered as a lessening of professional dignity ; however , they did not seem to feel it so ; thjBy threw off the professional gown , and , clothed in habiliments of humanity , they visited the captive in his dungeon * they treated Frost with that courtesy andlcindneM which bravery and honour deservedwhile in Hb performance they lessened not its own

      djP * . *** S * added to tUeir character as gentlemen rhftintemew was molt interesting , and nothing co «| a equaj the firm J&nd gentlemanly bearing of Fr «» 8 t . foey took their leave , assuring the captive thatwithottiany regard to theirown convenience . they would wait npon him at any hour of the night , when weir attendance might be considered requisite . Frost is firm as a rock , and declares his preference of death to , transportation . . jA »\ « H « ifc , depends upon the feelings as well as aBSftjEWjW ^ gjJof Counsel , I w | U state to you a WWWW ^ eilHiihiJi toy kdowleageTTWenltonea yester * qr . by chance , in Court , to Sir Frederick PolWek . that Frost b * d tho most lovely family in England , and was the best of fathers . He turned ehorV upo * me , and stamping sharply , exclaimed , Ah 1 . yon shouldn't have told me . I sedulousl

      y avoided asking the question , " and he burst into tears He sobbed and cried , the large drops rolling in quick succession down tht father's cheek , muttering in broken tones , " That ' s the relation which equalizes TArf * ^ tbe t ie 9 w ^ ch make the tire-side oftheWchaadthe poor the centre of attraction " I never saw a finer burst of feeling in my life , and immediately , after , this man , brought up to the indiscriminate support of right and wrong , threw off the barrister , and put on tho man , and , turning to Mr . Geach , said , " I will visit Frost to-night in the gaol " Contrasting this feeling upon the part of the late

      Attorney-beneral for the Tories with the index of feeling exhibited in the heartless countenance of the Whig Attten « y-6 eneral-if the decision between Whig and Tory at the moment had been left to me , I should have decided , perhaps rashly , upon a picture whieh I shall never forget . It is now getting late and I must confine myself to the proceedings of the present day . Four witnesses have been examined . Charles Simmons , a labourer—Richard Walters , a solicitor , and special constable—Johu Hatch , son ot a' merohaut * t Newport-John Rees , a youth about twelve yearaof a « e—and George Coles , a cadavarous loofangrtffiaftabout the same age , Frost ' s counsel are directing the « vidence to prove that arrests were tno dra

      nwue on ounaay JNovember , and that the prisoners wefe confined in the Westgate H « tel that this was matter of public notoriety , and that the treason of the insurgents went no farthe * than a premeditated release of those prisoners Simmons . , has perjured himself in his ' depositions before tho magistrates ; he swore he lived at the Salutatioa Inn , at Newport , while in his examination by Mr .-Kelly , he admitted that he had not lived there lot some mouths previously Upon the whole we have reason to be thankful for our selection of counsel , and although the whole county , with the exception of the working classes , i 8 arrayed against Frost , yet I have no doubt of a o . omni « t . «

      triumph over the organised factions . New bi . ls are being found every day , and I am revived not to leave Monmouth ^ until the termination of tho commission ; but it . will be for the country to say , whether for wanj of necessary funds the Chartists are to be deorifed of the benefit of counsel The manner in which we got up our case , and the ability which we hare procured , is highly creditable to our cause . The Attorney-General has abandoned his bullyiDg vapouring about the subdivison of land and is sa closely watched by the Tory bar , that he dare not venture a single syllable of politics . " No surrender'Hui < war matto . Six months ago there was not 4 k Chaifast in Monmouth ; and now out of a Dopukttion ^ of 6 , 000 ,-. 5 , 500 are Republicans ? sS much for Whig vengeance and Chartist increase ' I shall continue to write by every post .

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      • ? ~ - _ latest mews from london . Wedjjesdat Evening , Jan . 1 , Half-past Six , p . m .

      ( From our own Correspondent . ) W ^ Pr — ' ^* T LOW ' the tr'als under the Special Commission absorb every other topic of conversation ; aiuTthe interest among all narties is intense . One only feelir * predominates , namely disgust at the struggles made by the crown lawyers to pack the jury ; and but one expression ofthat feeling prevails , ifr ae unqualified hope of their acquittal . The walls and streets of the metropoUs . ™ «?__" ^*« » ft announcements J the ' various afford

      expresses , ) but a faint index of { he popular anxiety ; and if there have been no over flowing meetings to , allow the excitemen ? veTt SL « T , n ** ^ nbed t 0 indi ff « ence or su- ' pmenes * . tor all heem to wait only the further Sg !> lWtS . lUS \ S SstarW&ssJSfe

      GENERAL CONVENTION . Wednttday , Jan . 1 . Arutfdel Coffee House , Strand Mr . fcuw-TON ( Newcastle ) took th « Chair at twelve o'cIogk . wo ** » t Mr . Ross ( Surrey ) , pending the more important buemesi of the Convention , begged to call thiittXtion of the members to a report in the Mornino Herald of this day purporting to be a reporToft meeting at Birmingham , in which ihev wer « d ««;< T nated £ " frivolouTand ' yet dangeVou ^ S affi buting a statement to a member of their body which imputed intentions to exist among them , of adopting

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      — - - measures in a certain emergency , that would be calcu ated ( said the report ) to shake the institutions of Europe to their centre , and to place the present accusers of the Welsh patriots on their trial for High Treason before the majesty of the people . He would move that the report in question be now read as it was hiB intention to submit a motion on the subject . [ Mr . Lowry here read the report , which was evidently writteu for the house , with the Herald ' s known impartiality . ] Mr . Ross said ho would not criticise what they had just heard , as regarded accuracy in narrating the actual statements made at the meeting in question , as he had at present no means of asserting whether they were true or not ; he would , therefore , leave that part of the subject to those wko were present . With regard , however , to another portion of the measures ina certain emerge . ~ Z _ , 7

      statement , he would call upon the Secretary to state the nature of the communication he had sent ^ Birmin 8 * » in order that their constituents and the public generally might judge how far this hireling scribe was justified in the statements that had been just read to them . It might , however , be necessary to remind the Convention that , it being holiday time , and several important districts having omitted to send delegates , the Secretary hail been instructed to write circulars to various towus , urging the necessity of electing delegates , and instructing them to join the Convention without delay . Mr . Dewiurst , ( Bolion , ) who on that occasion officiated as secretary , said that he had not

      reserved a copy of the letter he had written to Birmingham ; but it had been read ia the presence of several members of the Convention , and also of five or six friends who happened to be present . The substance was this : — " lu cpnsequeuce of the Newcastle Convention having declared , by a series of resolutions , that a new General Convention was imperatively called for , and a « the importance of such a body has been felt by other towns and districts , by whom a number of delegates had been elected , he was instructed to write to Birmingham , as being a most important place , requesting them to elect a delegate without delay . " But not one syllable was penned as to any intentions or subsequent proceedings , nor had it been communicated in any other-manner .

      Mr . Hodgin ( Bradford ) corroborated Mr . Dewhirst ' s statement ; though he knew not how they could take cognizance of the implicated report . If they sent a note to the Editor , disclaiming the imputations , they would very properly be asked what proof they had that the report was not substantially accurate . But , whether accurate or not , iu its account of the proceedings at Bi-mingham , the portion which the reporter had appended , by way of embellishment was false , scan ' alous , aud libellous . The Convention he called a " frivolous and dangerous body . " Wonderful logic ! as if anything that was dangerous could be frivolous at the same time . As to the statement imputed to Mr . Potter , " that he was not permitted to disclose the intentions of the Convention , as they had no proof that Mr . Totter had made use of these wordB , or their meaning , he suggested the postponement of the subject until Mr . Brown should have taken his seat amongst them . °

      Major Beniowski ( Tower Ham ' ets ) differed f om the last speaker as to tho tendency of tho report . The Herald was well known to bo an organ of the Tory party ; and euch a statement rei-pocting their body coming from such a quarter would not be boheved by their friends , aud could not add much to tho hostility tf their foes , who would already hang them all , if they had equal power to their will . He believed that any attempt to injure them in tho eyes of their suffering fellow countrymen wouH fail ; and as he should be borry to excite anything like a feeling that they were dissatisfied , he would rather propose a vote of thanks to the Editor of the Herald , npon the ground that " the censure of bad men is a presage of the esteem of the good ; " and because he likewise thought the opposition of the Herald less offensive than tho silence of their ol 1 ally , the Sun .

      Mr . Dewiurst coincided with Mr . Hoggin's suggestion to postpone the consideration of the question until Mr . Brown took his seat , and submitted a motion to that effect ; which , having been seconded by Mr . Ross , ( who held it to bo their duty upon all occasions to see that a full and fair report of alt their proceedings , went forth to their constituents . ) was put from tho chair , and carried nem . dis . Major Beniowski next moved that the So . retary be directed to inquire why their Appeal , which hau been sent to the Northern Star and other papers had not been inserted in the former paper ; atm seeing the reporter of the Star in the room , he would take that opportunity to express his own dissatisfaction at the neglect of tho managers of that puper ou several occasions . r

      The Reporter , thus pointedly called out , having obtained permission of the Chairman , explained that the edition of the Northern Star which circulates in London is necessaril y printed on Thursday night ; notwith 8 tandingwhich . * ec ( md , andoften ^ irie < litionb axe prmwd expressly for tHe latest news from town , ! i !* . i ^ J . re P ° *) tad leceived a copy of the third edition of last week ' s Star , containing the whole of their . Thursday's proceedings , up to which evening their laamoriai , had not been completed , as Mated in that Aporf ; that &Wfceenfn attendance every day , as many of them were aware , for hours together , m the constant expectation of their proceeding to public business ; that his express instructions were to furnish fall and impartial reports of their sittings , which he had faithfully performed up to the last minute of the post-bfflee being kept open ; and that so far from the managers refuting or neglecting their communications , thev wmil . l af nil

      times be happy to comply with their requests , in any manner that was consistent with the vast machinery of so extensive an establishment . Messrs . Hodgiu , Dewhirtst , Lowry , and Beniowski , severally explained ; when Mr Ross moved the adjournment of the Convention till eleven o'clock to-morrow ( Thursday ) Agreed to . w ^ ilT ^ ^ ' \ u e course of the explanations which the reporter ' s observations drew forth that the document alluded to by Mr . BenioS . had been addressed to the Editor of the Northern Star bv name , and endorsed « private ; " a chTum unce f& ^ & ^ &isnszz zz s srat pSidToiL abo ™ refcK K * gr We greatly regret to be compelled to leave out ot the communications of our excellent London correspondent several very important articles of

      news me length of the trial reports , however , leave us no other alternative . He is right about the letter . The marking of it with SrVT ? vn ?!* 2 . t }» cause of its not being attended io The fact is , that it was received during the absence of the Editor , from the office on Christmas-day laid aside for him , and forgotten , and has only this momeut been opened . Why a public document should have been addressed " private , " does not seem very plain . Thursday Evening , Jan ; 2 , 1840 , Half-past Seven o ' Clock . The Convention assembled for a few hours thi « Sf > . * " <> "rival * from Monmonth ( rtncials ) had taken place np to two o ' clork th * assembly adjournei till ten o ' clock to-mortw . ' Tne delegates from Merthyr , Bristol . Hull . Rim . in . h . « i

      and some oth » r places , who are known to have in ^ tif- i ^? ' ™ ° !^ arrived U P ^ time «> f closing thig letter . Tha Convention has adopted means to ensure aa authentic and full report of ibe Welsh trials ; the news of the objection taken by Sir F Pollock , as to the formality in serving the li » t ol witnesses , w hailed with great joy b y persona of all rank * , so far as public feeling can ba manifested-Commercial . —Wool . —Fleece Wool is now selling at Is . 4 d . per pound , and it in thought by commercial men that it will be yet lower in priceThe

      . depression is aseribed to the stagnation of toe American trade , and the high rate of interest demanded for money in this country . Foreign Corn continues to maintain its price , although the arrivals reported are considerably more than the average In the Monay Market very little business has been done in any of the securities ; the following were the pricesported at the close r-Consolg , 911 ; Exchequer Bills , 4 dis . ; Bank Stock , 178 . Little inquiry to-day for hharea , and no busineaa doing , it ia said , in the Foreign funds .

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      TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . t ^• "" "i " iSthe last evening of the present year 1 sit down to write , and tiouble you with , a very oriel notice of the state in which the old year is leaving , and ^ . k Vfi 1 S fiDding ' th 08 e ^ *• brancu of traded which I belong , namely , the fancy weaving trade . Sir the fancy weavers engaged in weaving fancy waiatcoats . fancy trousers cloths , and camlet ! , or Jummt cloths about

      , are 7 , 00 » in number , and reside principally mthe viUages and hamlets adjacent to HuddersneS There are , at least , one half of Uw above number un-ZK *? ?* " m we on limitod ™* - £ > limited as not to average half employ . The fancy Wea SJ ?* 611 faUin «<> * ° ' work the last three 5 S £ ft K 5 ^^ JS ^^ S The

      present Sufferings of the fancy wearers and their ££ & $ ! £ " * " ** W thO * SOf 182 ^ uand 37 Some manufacturers In the Immediate neighbour-S ^ n ? Httddersfield that are having camlets , or summer cloths , wove by both steam-looms and handlooms , have , ungratefully and unfeelingly , reduced the wages of those employed in weaving the above-named article by hand from forty to fifty per cent since last Christmas . The unfortunate hand-loom fancy weavers poor men , poor slaves , are daily reaping the bitte . SSS » V * * ' CUrrenC 7 ' W fal 8 e «* " •* . «« i « longr unjust , and unnecessary war , naaely , an unprecedent edly high and unnewasary taxation , an enormous and

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      Mion of the profits of that machinery . Scarcity f labour , low wagee , and dear food . fc > 1 r .-. Th& insertion of the foregoing in the Northern Star of next Saturday would much oblige , * omeT * Sir , Toure respectfully , December 31 st . 1839 . G * B ' ** __ . _ L . .. =-=

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . : ( bt express . ) ffiV'i ^ fxrzs ' sri s tes ^ e- ^ rrsd H il = £ , X ^ T " w " * '' -ft Leeds Cloth Markets . —We have vet m , im provem ^ t to notice iu the trade heEf aS nothSS has occurred in our local commercial tran * 3 worthy ot record . A general aisposii J , o ^ To avoid domg business , aud it will , we fear lv J « 2 STt aSa * which ha *« ° - o ™ : ^

      I^Eds Meeting On The Corn Laws

      I ^ EDS MEETING ON THE CORN LAWS

      ^ B ^^ ivsSi ^ S'SSi Cloth An ' ^ d h f d m t ^ Area of the Coloured Detmber , iS ; TueSday ' the T Wrty-Fir « t Day of The Worshipful the MAYOR in the Chair ; It was Resolved , Moved by Mr Alderman Stansfeld Seconded by John Wawmngham , K . q , sffi ^^ SW ^ r ^ ttS is&' . ' ft&s&ssgr """ w » •* *>* Moved by Jas . G . Marshall , Eho . ; becouded by George Wise , Esq .,

      « fw ?* in th . orou # h th « re are many Thousands of Workmen , destitute of Employment dependent npon Charity / and many of themUd ™ r ? n u ^ ££ > atum ; and" in the opinion of this Meeting tL dreadtul buffering thus produced , and tho trying fiularraiment * of trade under ' which many mcrcauSe ^ he retSSSrfe b ° ^

      —Moved by E . Uai . nfs , Jun . Esq . ; beeouded by Mr . Geouge Urjsi . ; , 3 . That the following Petition be proseme . i from this Borough to both liousea of Parliament : TO THE Ho . NOl'RABLB THE COMMONS OP 'iuRAl Britain and Iiuukd , in 1 ' irlumkm & . SEMllLED . The Petition of the Morehauta , Manufa « M . ¦*•« . and other Inhabitants of the Borough .. f I ... Pds ! m 1 nolic Meeting assembled , ou tho 31 st day of December , UW 9 ; J The Worshipful the Mayor in tho Chair ; Humbly sheweth

      , Thai , in tho opinion of your Petitioners , tlu Corn Laws , inasmuch as they interrupt the sunpiy and dimmish the quantity of the people ' s food , are at variance with the laws of God aud th < £ rights of humanity . That iu this borough there are now many thousauda of workmen destitute of employment , dependent upon charity , and many of them bordering upon starvation ; and in the opinion of this meet-in /? the dreadful suffering thus produced " , and the trying embarrassments of trade , under wnich many mercantile establishments are sinking , may be dirertly traced to the restrictive Corn Law . Thatin the

      , opinion of your Petitioners , th » restrictions ou * ort'ign Coru , by raising the price of the first necessary ot life , impose a heavy burden on the whule community .- that they diminish the profits oi capital and the real wages of labour—that they aggravate the calamity of a bad harvest—that they make our trade with Corn-growing countries so extremely irregular as to prevent any steady demand iu those countries for British manufactures , aud to compel a Jarge export of bullion when our necessities oblig us to import Corn ; thus deranging our Currency , and reaUy . embarra 3 sincour trade—that th ™ , n !

      duce other countries to lay heavy duties on Briti sh goods , and to encourage their own domestic manufactures ; and that , great and manifold aa tho evils are which hare already been produced by our restrictive Corn Law , they are likely to become still n ^ fJ ^ T ' ? e emg - that ^ e Population of tn « United Kimtfom m continually and rapidly on the increase , without any increase in the extern of the soil which supports it , and that foreign countries threaten still heavier duties on British manufactures , aud are daily advancing with great rapidity in their own manufactures , and in their competition with us in neutral markets . That your Petitioners invite the special attention utete ^ ^ ^^ torf ^«^ d

      I * i ,. To the authoritative information which i 3 understood to have beon received by h « r Maju-4 \ ' a Government from tho Governments comprehended luthc Germaj Commercial League , showing that our Lorn Luvv is the princi pal cause of the hitch duties imposed by th « tariffs of that League on British manufactures , that those duties would be uTTv . r Mstrictive and vexatious Coru Law should be altered , but that if our Corn Law should be persevered in , there ia every reason to fear that the Duties on British goods will be raised still higher , so as to cut off from our Manufacturers aixl Merchants oue . of their oldest , safest , and most valuable markets . . «* 2 nd To £ he effect of the Corn Law , in prevent ing our Merchants from receiving the Davmef . t of t \* Jl

      debts from their customers in the United States , and our suffering population from importing wholesome food , ( the redundant supply of the last American , harvest , ) to make up for the deficient quantity ajud interior quality of our owu grain . / iJr ^ " TV ? 5 iT US dan « . mat exists of a third deficient Wheat Harvest in the United Kingdom . owing to tho extremel y unfavourable seed timo ! 2 ™ 5 * f JT l - a large part of the Whe ** growing laflds from being sown . Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray vonr Honourable House to take the aforesaid

      matters into your immediate and soriou 3 consideration , and to afford effectual relief to the country , by repealing tiia restrictive Coru Law . And your Petitioners will ever pray , &r \ g loved by Mr . Alderman Pawsou ; Seconded by Joshua . Wokdsworth , Estj ., 4 " T i . hat r , th ® WorahiPfal the Mayor be requested to sign the Petition of this meeting , and that the respective Wards of the Borough be recommended to petition separately for the same obrect .

      Moved by Mr . Alderman Bateson ; beconded by John Wilkinson , Esq . ( p . s . ) th ' ^? ? ; f ^ Uiam be requested to present M Petition to the House of Peers , and the Borough Membersto present that to the House of Commit " and that the Resolution of this Meeting be pubi lished in all the Leeds papers . WILLIAM SMITH , Mayor . R ., « M v ° * * h ? ing vacated the Chair , Euwaub Baines , Esq ., M .. P ., was called to fill it , when It wa 3 resolved , —

      Moved by Mr . Alderman Hubbard ; Seconded by Wm . Bkuce , Esq ., *\ , \* That t i ? st thanks of the Meeting are due to h « m « ° f - ^ Promptitude with wSSh he called nrlil ? J ? > . the able Manner with which he presided ovor it , and for the kindly feeling which he displays towards all Classes of the Inhabitants . EDWARD BAINES .

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      In the Press , and will be published immediately , Price One Penny , A N ADDRESS to the Inhabitants of Renfrew-XX shire , Dumbartonshire , and Stirlingshire , ia Scotland , and Northumberland , Cumberland , aud Westmorland , iu England , by Dr . John Taylor , Delegate to the late General Convention , Candidate lor the Representation of the Western Diatriot of Burghs at the Elections of 1832 and 1834 . Honorary president of the Hiinterian Society of Edinburgh . M . C . O . of Paris , &c . &c . As only a limited number will be printed , orders are requested to be sent , as early as possible , te the Publisher , Mr ; James Arthur , Bookseller , CarlUle . O In eonsequenoe of the above AddreM of Dr . John Taylor having extended to a greater length than originally proposed , thePricewifl be Twopence .

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      ORDER the " CHAMPION" of Scndat next , m d T A ^ y h 1840 » be 8 t * ud fuUest Reports of the ^^ las ^ arfff ' vfisOTSis m the most finished Style , of the «•*••»«* WESTGATE INN , NEWPORT , **¦ *** & $ & ssssssft ** COTIM Taken during tbe Trial * . Office , 137 , Strand . —Forty Column *—Price FiYfl * P « w « . To be had of all NewgTeud « 8 . _ *

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

      Special Commission. ! | ^ Special Commission. I

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      Distress Of The Fancy Weavers.

      DISTRESS OF THE FANCY WEAVERS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2665/page/5/