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THE PRISONERS AT WONIffOTJTH.
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FRANCE .. SeRTEKCE OS THK PrISOSEBS CONCERNED IIT THE Iitsuwutcnos of last Mat . —On Friday afternoon , the Court of Peers Hiring finished their consideration of the cases of the second class of prisoners , who have just been tri * d before them for the insurrection of 12 th and 13 th May , delivered the foJlowrof sentences : —I ^ anqui , death . Gnignot and Hie , to detention for fifteen years . Bonnefonds , Hendrick , Herbnlet , Godard , Yallieres , and Dnbourdieu , to the same punishment for ten years . EspinoasBeandDugrosprefor sevenyears . Charles Picfert , Fonillon , Lombard , Sunon , Hubert , Petromann , Evannanx , Dupony , Druy , Gerard , | Bouvrand , aiid Buisson , for five years . Behasse , Bordou , and Lehericy , to he imprisoned for five Tears , aud Quarre and Patisskr for ihree years . Mou&ues and Hnart , acquitted .
The judgment pronounced against Blanqui for the ! afiair of the 12 ih of July , nas been commuted 10 "• perpetual imprisonment , but the sentence of death j was communicated to the ill-fated young man , uo- i accompanied by the announcement of grace been j extended . The consequence was , that , on the Een- 1 tence being read , he made a movement with his arm } which , gave the officers of the prison reason to be- ' Here . that he was about 10 attempt suicide ; a strah 1 ¦ waistcoat was instantly put on him , and the conclu- j non of . the sentence read . He was left in that cruel j position during the night , and it was not till the j next day that he . was made acquainted wiih the intentions of Louis Philip . j CHINA . i
Important intelligence from China has created : the greatest interest amongst the merchants and others connected with our commerce in that country . These accounts wore brought by the merchant ship , Marmion , arrived off Dover , which Bailed from the anchorage at Hong Kong , on the 27 th of September , bringing letters and papers of that date , ' which are later than those received overland by twenty-five days . i The contents of the private letters and the few newspapere receiTed to-day g « to confirm in the : strongest manner the ; anticipations that the British ' had commenced a little war against the Chinese ! authorities . It appears tbat en toe 4 ih of September i an affray took place at Hone Kong between gome
fyngriwh and Chinese , when Bome of the former j were wounded and some Chinese killed , and that •' the IH-feeHnj ? then towards the English was rather ' increaang . Indeed , so much so , that on the 2 nd of ' > September , Lin , the High Commissioner and Gover- j aor of Cantoo , publi&bed two proclamations , charg-1 ing the British , of all sorts and sexes , with con- ! tinning the opium traffic on the outside of the j pon , and also accusing Saperintendant Eliot of j seglect , in bringing to justice those who took ' the life of Lin Weine , as was oa record ; order- '• mg , at the same time , all the military and coun- ) toy people to arm themselves , and prevent the ; vicious barbarians from obtaicing provisions and '< water . ... I
The second proclamation charged the Chinese pilots with treachery , in piloting the large ship of ' war ( the Ydtage ) through the dangerous and shallow ! waters , and threatened them with decapitation , if the offeaee was repeated . The owners of all fishing-beats ' and boatmen were warned not to serve on board any ! foreign ship--for pay , or to supply them with provi- ! eons under Tjertain punishment . . ¦ The Canton Press says the Chinese Government ' ' orders , as to withholding suDplies from the fleet , i
were « netly enforced , and boards had been fouud i on shore at Hong Kong , containing a warning to the natives against using the water of several wells and i springs , they having been poisoned to do mischief to the English . The Chinese authorities also offered a reward for the heads of Superintendant Eliot and Captain Smith of the Yolage . The Bricish at Hong Kong memorialised Lord PalinersioD , and on the 11 th of September Captain Smith issued the following official notice , threatening a blockade ia six days : —
The High Commissioner snd the Governor of these Provinces having publicly forbidden the regular supplies of food for her Majesty ' s subjects , and haviBg commanded the people to fire upon and seize them whenever they go on shore to purchase provisions , and certain of her Majesty ' s subjects having been actually cut off , notice is hereby given that it is ay intention , at the requisition of the chief superintendent of the trade of British subjects in China , to establish a blockade of the river xnd port of Canton ; and Bo&oe is hereb y given that none other than vessels actually within the port , or foreign vessels entering within six days from the date hereof , will be allowed free egress till the blockade be declared raised . ( Signed ) ¦» E . Smith , " Captain of her Majesty ' s ship Yolage : '
Oe the same day the Supe-intendent Eliot issued a general memorandum to the commanders of all British vessels , in consequence of Governor Lias ¦ eeond prodamatioa ; whereia he says , ii order to keve no jast room that her Majesty ' s flag was flying in protection of persons engaged in a trade declare to be lawless by the Government of that country , he required the commanders of vessels not having opium on board to repair to the Fort William within forty-eight houre , and make oath to that effect , at the game time ordering ail vessels e& £ aged in the traffic of opium should immediately depart from the harwrar * ad the coast . Some negotiations having followed with the ChineseaHthorities , for permuting the
English to return to Macao , ike ., Capiaiu Smith , on the 17 th of September , remitted the Blockade in the following official notice ;—" The safety of certain of her Britannic Majesty ' s robjeete , supposed to hare been eui off by the officers fthe Chinese Government , havingbeenasoenauied , « d negotiations being opened oa the basis of the withdrawal of ihe proclamation against the lives and liberty of her Majesty ' s subjects , I hereby declare thai till farther notice be given , founded npon the result of gu ? h negotiations of the blockade notified by mt on vhe lltift instanj , will not be established , and vessels continuing to enter the port wiu be permuted to pass out unmolested .
"H . Smith . " Some of the letters mentioned that the VUage had afterwards gone up with Superintendent Eliot to Macao , oa some favourable negotiation , which it was ngped by some would not be Interrupted by the appearance of Admiral Maitland with warlike instruction . Beyond the following notice of the destruction of a Spanish ship , we believe we have given a general summary of all the China news . A singular outrage was committed upon the spatasfa iradiag ship BUlainc , lying in the Tvpa , bv toe Chinese , on tiie 12 th September , wtierein aima to the of
^ e amount 20 , 000 dollars was effected . » &e wa 3 fired into and boarded by four Chinese fcoats ; t&e crew jumped overboard , aud , after rifling we vessel , which was in ballast , of all her charts , lonreineats , and other valuables , tlrej set fire to oer . Ihe Spanish crew were sent adrift , and nine-^ een found their way to Macao . This thip was cue Wffuarlj authorised b y a Chinese license to trade © a the coast ; but the Chinese suspected the Buoiino of having sold the English provisions . Commerce , of course , was in a very » ta ? nant state at l ^ ntoD ; but the Marmion haa brought home a rateable general cargo .
SPAIN . Letters ami papers from Madrid , of the 25 th u ? t and from Mas de las Mat *? , Espartero ' a head-q-. ar-* srs , of the Fame date , have reached u « The aecouuts from Madrid are unimportant , save that the amva of the French finsnder , M . Ourrard , in that capital has caused a great stir among the more ? jobDera . Isor is the news from Espartero ' g headquarters of much interest . On the n « ht of the -J 4 di twenty-three Christie prisoners confined in Cantavieja wtre led oat -of their dungeen , for the purpose
as tneir conductors informed them , of being exchanged for some Carlist soldiers . When led about midway between Cantavieja and Mas de las Mata .-, a muraerous fire was opened upon them by the Car-Usts and eighteen of the unfortunate wretches killed oa the spot . The rest escaped by sr . ddeijlv leaping flown a precipiee , one of them iu the very ac : re-C 5 jving a shot in the arm . The utxi Eornicg the v-hnsimos found the eighteen bodies in the road ?
WEST INDIES . Capttri op A 50 THEB Slatke . —On Thursdav last , to Majesty sschoonerSA-i ^ acA :, Lieutoam % rJvh :, sS ^^ Q > he Po «««™» bri ^ tine r /^« « ff \ t' f ^ 529 ^ on b 0 ^ . wQi <^ she raptured of tit t ° ? » ° Suad ^ la 3 t ' after a chase of twelve hour ? , from three in the morning till four ™ tlie afternoon . The slaver made to the shore vriih » atentron of runnfeg her high and dry , in * kicL «» Partly succeeded and tore the copper from the in
•~« e several places . An attempt had also been nade to cause the masts to go by the board , and the «* icmart was so much cnt and irjured , as to cau * e *^ < aptors to fish it near the deck . Several maTks « t ^ hatchet also appeared on the foremast , but «« nme did not serve for thia purpose . The master *«»* aoe * , a Portuguese , it seemB , escaped with " ^ teea passesgert , cbie 3 y captains of captured S ^ ?^ ax ne « rMfc ¦« * eems Fernandei had « en with hoa about 8 , 000 dollars , which was ywuraedbj bilteof oarcelp . and other df «« iiTnAnt «
toftSr ° * rd- Wefrar » tllit ^ " >^ ld recourse be had •« ieetoDg these- eaptared Blares in the way the last r ^ feo , not only wiU disease , but death be the " neequencein tbetown . There is very little flour in £ "l market , and as they have been accustomed to fo ^ os food , * ny richer diet , or any substitute „ Tegetab , e , will operate most perniciously ou ~^ c ^ agtitution f a time , as it did on the former * £ go oronght into this port . It is aEtonishicg how * nT \ iS ^^ of Ae hum an species might be made , irth ^ W ^ advantage fo themselves- These e bTU « i « d sUyes axe ail healthy , and many
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of them plump looking people . Their stature is small in - general , but none of them are robnst and muscular . We obscrred that great kindness was evinced to them by the officers in oommand , as wel as the men who were on board : perfect docility and obedience was the return for then- kind treatment . The Commander of the 5 * i > ^ oc * with the Collector of the Customs superintended the landing of these peopla yesterday , and they were taken to th « barracks , which areat present occupied by military , and they could not have selected a more commodious or salubrious habitation . —Cornwall Gazette . £ them Plyplogat People . Their suture
SOUTH AUSTRALIA . Letters and paper * have been received from South Australia to the 5 th October . The following is a summary of their contents : — The Recovery , Anna RaberUon , Glentwtilv * and Prince Regent , emigrant ships , had arrived in safety at Port Adelaide . The Government-house , which is described as a handsome stone building , on a most commanding and delightful site , within the park land , between ^ r th and South Adelaide , was fast approaching towards _ completion . Other buildings were in course "
| of erection as public offices . A large aud handsome Independent chapel , a Scotch kirk , aud a Wesleyaa chapel , were proposed to be built by subscription m Adelaide . The bridge across the Torreus was on the 4 th of October , for the first time , lighted with lamps . Mr . Holloway had added to the stock already in the cok- ny , a , 000 sheep and 200 cattle . This number would Ehortly be increased by the arrival of Captait lames , who had reached the borders of the province from ISew South Wales , with 22 , 000 sheep and / , 000 head of cattle .
¦ Lieut . Frome , the Surveyor-general , had arrived in the province , and Captain Sturt , the Surveyor-genev ' P roJf > OT - > had , in consequenceof being superseded by that gentleman , received the appointment » f assigtant-commissiuner . The Governor states that , through the great exertions of the surveying staff , the amount of land sarveyed was practically in advance of the demand of the eighty acre purchsera . Thirty special surveys , of four thousand acres each , had been purof j& 39 Dy * l 0 De JdnC ° ^ ^^ wiceinent
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Monmouth , Saturday . The intelligence announcing that the gibbet for the execution of Frost , Williams , and Jones was in a state of great forwardness , was at first not credited in London , but it was too true . So premature a preparation for the strangulation of three human beings was viewed by nine-te . ths of the people here as brutahsing and disgusting , the more especially as even then ihe fate of the men had not been decided . Ihe result was the signing of petitions by thousands in every district , praying , in some instances , a commutation of the dreadful sentence .
On Tnursday last the news of a respite spread like wildfire through the district . On the arrival of the mail in this town the coach was beset by persons of aJ ranks , parties , and politics , who interrogated the passengers , if the fate of the prisoners had been anally disposed of ; and the intelligence of the merciful interposition of Government ( as it was then deemed a sure prelude to a reprieve ) ,-afforded granncation to many highly respectable persons who on that occasion mixed with the crowd . The respue had to be forwarded to the high sheriff , Coltrurst Bateman , Esq ., Usk , so that some time elaDsed
betore it could be knonn to what extent it went . The governor of the gaol , Mr . Forde , expressed the respite to the high bheriff , who on its receipt hastened here to communicate it to the prisoners . The sad duty ( for sad it was as the result proved ) was deputed to the jinder-sheriff , Henry Mostyn , Esq . 'Ibis gentleman giadiy again deputed the duty to the governor of the gaol . The governor of the gaol , Mr . ± orue , although he fought and bled on the plains ot \ V aterloo , could not be the harbinger of such information , and to avoid it he ha < i the document transcribed , and a copy of it was given to each prisoner , ihe following is a verbatim , copy of the fatal instrument
: — " Whitehall , 28 th January , 1840 . "Sir , —I am to signify to you the Queen ' s commands that the execution of the sentence of death passed upon John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , now in the gaol at Moamoutb , be respited until Thursday the 6 ih day of February . Bat vhe prisoners are to be distinctly informed that the sentence of the law will then be carried into effect . —I am , sir , your most obedient humble ^ JT ^ ' v "NOHMANBT . - r . & . —i ou will acknowledge the receipt hereof by return of post .
° To the High Sheriff of iho County of Monmouth . " . The condemned received the notice with great calmness . Ou the governor entering the room they rose , and taking the copy from him , each opened his wiLh intense eagerness , the first part brightened their couutenanoes with hope , and they appeared like men lately risen from the grave . But when their eyes glanced at that part which informed them tha-t they were eventually to die , a sad alteration passed over the countenance of each . They rcramed -their seats , and coolly expressed their reri s aation to their iw « 3 . William * and Jones have taken a last farewell of their wives . Frost is resolved that he will not see his family . The high sheriff has strict
and imperative orders to press upon the minde of the unhappy men that they need not hope for mercy , as they will be undoubtedl y execnted . Oa Friday night the gibbet waa removed from Mr . Bruton ' s yard , where it was built , to the gaol . A surgeon has offered his services to perform the office of headsman . They would have been executed this day , had not the governor of the gaol praved that the execution might be stayed to Thursday to enable him to prepare for so truly awful an occurrence . The prisoners are perfectly resigned , and have completely confined themselves to th « spiritual care of the Rev . Mr . Gosling , who is never absent from them .
feiueo the report of the execution having been fixea for Thursday has gained circulation , the most alarming communications from the hills and the surrounding districts have been received ; whereas when it was first supposed that the lives of the prisoner ! would be saved , several letters from Poutypool , Menhvr , Tredegar , and even from Birmingham , stated that the act of mercy had dispersed and completely disarmed the physical-force Chart ists t in fact , thai the Chartists were so grateful for it that theywouid not be guilty of any further outrages . At late hour
[ ISOTE . J— a on Friday evening , her Majesty ' s Ministers came to the determination of sparing the lives of Frost and his guilty companions , VulJiams and Jones . On Friday afternoon , a depaUtion , consisting of Mr . Swain , of Fleet-street ; Mr . Rogers , tobacconist , of High-street , St . Giles ' s ; Mr . Piikethley , aud two or three others , accompanied by Sir Frederick Pollock , waited upon Lard Melbourne , at the House of Lords , for the purpose of endeavouring to prevail upon hia Ljrdship to initiate the severity of the punishment which was about to be inflicted upon these misguided men , Sir Frederick strongly urging upon the Premier the necessity , in the present agitated state of the country . in Moumoutn and
its vicinity , to spare the lives of the prisoners . The Minister was obuuratt , and after Sir Frederick had had no less thai six interviews with Lord Melbourne , ( communicating each tiuie with the members of the deputation ) be returned wiih the clear understan 'ing that the reprieve which had been sent to Monmouth would not remain in force beyond Thursday next . Sir Frederick nud another interview , having previously seen Lord Brougham ou the subject , who requested Sir iredenck to convey to Lord Melbourne and his colleagues his urgent prayer , that in the present most alarming ¦ ud greatly exehed state of the country , her Majesty ' s advisers would not only see the justice bat the aDsohr . e policy , of fomroine th-ir
previous Qeiennrnatwn of Buffering . tne law Co take us course . Sir 1 . Pollock told Lurd Brougham that ne haa then waned no less than six times on Lord . Melbourne on the subject , and hebeiieved and fear .-d that the minds of the Ministers were made up not to * nffi .-r the execution to be stayed beyond the period unj , inally fixed upon . Lord Brougham , however , urteed the trial of a seventh effort ; aud Sir Frederick ( although he co : sidered the ca ^ e a hopless one ) had an interview with the Minister * fur the a-evenlb . and last tone . The last effort was a successful one , and the learned and indefatigable advocate retired with the promise of her Majesty ' s Ministers that the crimes of _ rrost and hia two wretched mr » n * . r <> i-.
guiii should cot be expiated ot the scaffold . Thev wi 1 of course be transported for life , unless the people immediately sign petitions to the Queen and to Parliament ; an- , we have authority for stating , that Lord Brougham will moc ; willingly undertake their prete-iution- — Weekly Dispatch .
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¦ STEA . KGB CibcumtsTaxcb . —A month or me ago , a weji-dre = ised man entered the honse of Mr . Mark Thornton , publican , at Sacristan colliery . ate , after paitakiog of some refrerhnnnt , mjut-nito to have lod ging ? for the nigat , and to be calUrd frt > m his bf & in jc-ocd t ! me in the morning , it being hi * intention to visit and inspect the works at the Cb » riaw pit In ihe morning , when ke was aw&keaed , be anked for a pitman ' s » uit of flannel clothbg , wfeich was supplied to him ; and when he had
attired himself in this dress ( is i * the custom of ¦ aracgers when they intend to descend a pir ) , he qcitted the bou « e , leaving his owa clotheB beniod him . From that time he has never been * een bv the landlord ; and on tx&minicg big apparel , con-• Oi-tDcof superfine black eoa * , &c , hoots , and black * iik * tock , the trou ? ers have bten found to be slightly spotted with blood ; and there are two cut * on the rigBt « de , as if with a dagger or other pointed instrument . Tbr elotbea may nW be sees at Mr . Thorn : on ' f . — Gaiethead Observer .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , January S \ . - Lord Brougham asked wbeber th « Lord Cbancello < would be disposed io make alteration * in Prince Alberts Naturalisation Bill ? He put this question in order . t © prevent , as much as possible , disagreeable diacossion on toe subject . The Lord Chancellor answered that he supposed that some precedence woold be allowed to Prince Albert , and he thought the Crown should have the power to giant it , " after any heir apparent to the throne , " an alteration that it is proposed to introduce . The Duke of Wellington thought that the proper time ( or considering what the precedence should be , would be when the bill waa in committee Lord Melbourne hoped that the bill would be expedftiously proceeded with . Lord Brougham said he was ready to proceed with , it this day , if their Lordships so pleased .
The Marquis of Londonderry referred to the statement made recently by Lord Melbourne that all the numbers of the royal family had concurred in the proposed precedence of Prince Albert , and asked whether the heir presumptive , the King of Hanover , had been communicated with oa the subject ? He would also ask whether the Crown Prince of Hanover had been consulted ? He was equally interested . Lord Brougham proposed that the discussion should be entirely deferred until Monday , when the bill would be considered in committee . The Marquis of Londonderry stated that he merely wished to show that Lord Melbourne Lad Btated what was foreign to the fact Lord Melbourne said , that in the observations referred to h © had made no allusion to the King of Hanover .
Tho Marquis of Londonderry therefore expressed his opinion that Ministers had acted iu a most reprehensible manner . The proposal made in this WU , he thought , was the strangest ever brought before that House . The Ihikc of Wellington said that the fault of the delay in the bill ' s progress did not attach itself to him . The measure ought not to have been styled merely * Naturalisation Bill ; its real object ought to have been shown in its title . The bill was then read the second time , and ordered to be committed mi Monday . Tho Bishop of Exettr , having presented-two petitions praying the adoption of measures for staying tlie sprtad of " Socialism , " took that opportunity of asking whether the Superintendent Registrar of Birmingham still retained that office ?
The Marquis of Kormanby said that the charges ajfainstthat individual bad been communicated to the Registrar General His Lordship was instructed to declare that the gentleman referred to was not one of the Socialist society of Birmingham , for he ceased to be so in June l&st ; and that he had long been disconnec ' od with the association of which he was alleged to be the vice-president . The Bishop of Exeter observed , that he would rest his charge upon the fact , admitted by tho Marquis of Nornianbv , that this individual had been vice-presideDt of the Socialist Society at Birmingham ., until June last A public office ought never to have been held by such a person . He bad further declared , upon giving up his office among the Socialists , that he did so " with regret , " for ' private considerations . "
The Marquis of Js ' ormanby replied , that inquiries were still pending upon the subject If the individual referred to held the doctrines that had been mentioned on a former occasion , he was certainly unfit for office . Lord Abinger asked what the Noble Marquis had heard of this superintendent registrar ? . The Marquis of Norrxianby answeied , tliat he had learned that his character was highly respectable ; but had never heard that he was vice-president of any Socialist Society . He thought the clergyman of the neighbourhood should have iuformed him ( Lord Xornianby ) of the registrar holding such opinions . The Bishop of Exeter observed that it could not be expected to be the duty of the clergy to communicate all such information to the Home-office . The subject then dropped , and the House adjourned till Monday . &fonday > February 3 .
The Marquis of Normanby nwved that an address be presented to her Majesty , praying her to order tbat the Report of the Commissioners appointed to examine into the causes of the existing distress among the hand-loom weavers , and various other papers , be laid before their Lordships . —0 dered . Viscount Melbourne moved the committal of the Bill for the Naturalisation of Prince Albert , which weut through committee . The Lord Chancellor then moved the suspension of the standing order , in order that the Bill might pa *» through all its sages . The Report was then , brought up , and the Bill was read a third time and passed .
FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . Lord BRQUGaAXI « aid that a pcti ^ on had ju « t been thrust into his hands on a subject of great importance , and to which he brggtd earnestly to crave the best attention of the House . It was from certain inhabitants of the cities of London and Westminster , and was numerously signed by many respectable persons , trartesmfcn , and others , who felt a deep interest intfee subject matter of the petition . He would best discharge the dutj . wUh which be bad been hononted . if he sta ed to their Lordships , in the petitioners' own words , the prayer , and ihe prefatory staUment of facts to that prayer , which was comprised within a few line * After having set forth the conviction of three persons , viz ., Frost , Williams , and Jones , now prisoners in
ilonmouth G * ol , they etaUd that a- majority of the judges who had tried the prisoners had declared that the legal objection taken to the trial had been good and sufflcicat , and duly urged—not touchiag the question of time , on which a majority of thejmlges held adifference of opinion from thu majority who had-decided that it was duly urged —that a majority of the fifteen Judges had decided that the objection to the triivl was a good and sufficient ouo —that three several juries had recommended the frisoners to mercy , and that upwards of 200 , 000 persons had petitioned" the Crown for their pardon . They , therefore , pray the House to address the Crown . in order that the said prisoners maybe discharged from castcKly . ( Hear , hear . ) He never in his lifetime remembered a greater interest being excited on any
m&tt « connected with judicial proceedings than nad been throughout the whole country on this unhappy question—unhappy in all Its bearings , bat most unhappy in the errors which had given rise to the objection which had lately been decifcd by the Judges of the land . It was deeply to be deplored , from the bad spirit which appeared to pervade eonie classes of tho subjocts of this realm , hut more det ^ . ly to be deplored from the ignorance pervading other classes , which maile them the tools of designing men—deeply to be deploied from the trounds which gave rise to the objection—the CTrors which seem to perrade the whole prosecution , and which in the present instance would prevent the law from being executed , and criminal justice almost entirely defeated . Asa member of tho highest court known to the
lawas a Member of Parliament—be felt himself imperatively called upon to watch closely the proceedings of the Executive Government relative to the administration of justice . Before he proceeded to advert to the error which most unfortunately had been committed , ami -which seemed to prevail throughout the proceedings , he felt bonnd to state that a part only of tho proceedings was stated in the petition . ] t was true that a majority of nine of the Judges of the land hart held that the objection taken at Momnoutii , but not there derided , was ft vaiid one—but it was not stated that a similar majority of nine of these learned Jurtges had held that that objection had not been taken in proper time . Upon the validity of that objection he would give no opinion—I have no right to sUite that my opinion goes with tuts
minority of those I-earned personages—he would not , as some other persons had been , be presumptuous enough to say tbat the Judges had decided wrong . ( Uesx . ) If there was any ouo from whom it was more imperatively demanded it was from statesmen and Membfra of the Legislature ,-and men who , because thi'y are law-makers , were proverbially known to be law-breakers . If there was anything more imperatively demanded from them , it was that they should uphold the Judges , snd do their best to inculcate veneration towards them from the T ^ eople , and not catII at them in order to ruin them in public estimation . ( Hear , hear . ) He could assure their Lordships , for his part , tbat they wonld lock in vain for respect for the laws if they ceased to make men respect tho organs and
authorities of the law—they would in vs . in call upon him to respect those oracles of the law i : they ever so far forgot their bounden duty as to cavil , misrepresent , and to slander those Judges when they happened for purposes of their own and motives of their own , to dissent from their solemn opinion delivered upon their solemn oaths ; therefore it was tha . t whatever his private individual opinion might be , the law having been expounded , he had a right to hold no opinion at all when those , the venerable organs and oratles of the law , had determined what it was . But there was a difference of opinion on the point , and out of tbat arose , among those most learned Judges , an intimation of a desire that the objection taken by the Learned Gentlemen , the able counsel for those unhappy men should not be pressed upon for the decision . They were induced to accede to
tbat recommendation not from any doubt of the validity of their objection—that he ( Lord Brougham ) knew , not from any fear that the objection was doobt / ul—that be ( Lord B . ) knew , not because in point of fact , or rather of lav , that the objection was not valid—and he had a right now to say so , because the Judges of England had determined tbat the objection was valid ; but they were induced , in the exercise of a most delicate and anxious discretion—more anxious than most of their Lordships who had nerer defended men on trial for their lives , he wonld take the liberty of saying , were capable «> f forming any conception of . And yet , nevertheless , he had known unprofessional men to criticise and canvass the discretion of men so utuated , and whieh appeared to him almost as bad as to cavil at the discretion of those who administered justice themselves . He ( Lord Brougham ) did not complain of the conduct ot those Learned and able counsel , bat it ap-
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fgw they did in th « exercise of a moat delicate and difficult discretionagree to postpone arguing th « objec-* i < mupon the distinct statement made to them that wejr and their client should be put upon the self-same Tr °° iz g after tbe obJ « e ^ o » was decided , if the other Judges decided in their favour , as they would have stood if tho objection had been decided in the country owe then the objection had been decided . Thatundentaadiiig , as he was authorised to state most distinctly , was , that they were to be pat upon the same footing , provided the objection was sustained and approved of by a majority of the Judges , as if the majority of the Judges at the trial being pressed fox the deoison had decided in farour of the prisoners . If the majority of the Judges at the trial had decided lf ^ ttey ™ inih « «^ ^
, opon being pressed for their decision , they must needs hare instantly been acquitted . It was an objection fatal to the whole proceeding—it applied to every one of the witnesses . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) The Jury were impannelled—the plea bad boen pleaded—nay more than that , again they e « ttld not hare been tried . That waa the first and principal ground he wished their Lordships to consider , and the other was altogether independent of tho former . Tho counsel for the prisoner had a right to press for judgment at the trial , and it now turned out , because they knew what the Judges had done—it turned out , too , that two out of those three Judges were in favour of the objection made at the trial , and of the party waivinj ! : the objection until after arraignment , and plea
pteaded . It consequently followed as a matter of nbsolute demonstration , that if they had exercised their right of pressing the objection at the trial at Monmouth —it consequently followed as a certainty , that the objection would have been sustained , and the trial at once put an end to . He ( Lord Brougham ) knew , in point of fact , that that was not an opinion taken up after the arguments iu town , but it was their opinion at Monmouth , at the trial . A stranger case—but iuiinitely strengthened by the bargain made with the counsel—a stronger case for absoluteacquitUl , in the whole Course of his professional experience , he confessed he had never known . ( Hear , hear . ) It was deeply to be lamented that upon so important an occosi « n tho criminal Jaw should be defeated . It appeared that Mr .
Maule , tho Solicitor to the Treasury , from not adverting to the precise words of the statute , did not insert tbe names of the witnesses ftnd of the jurors in tbe indictment at one and the same time . If that objection bad . beett iwtteed in time , the trial of the prisoners might have been postponed so as to allow bin ) to correct the error . It appeared , from what was stated in tho arguments bofore the fifteen Judges , that the objection was known to Mr . ilaulo , and to the counsel for the Crown , befere the trial commenced . If that were so , it was perfectly -within the power of tho counsel for the Crown to prevent tho possibility of the objection obtaininjr , by postponing the trial of the prisoners for four weeks . It appeared that the existence of the objection was no secret Even tho Judges , who sat upon
the Commission , were aware of it before they left town ; and , being aware of it , went down to Monmouth under a full conviction that they should return again to London for a month . They nuver dreamed that the proceedings , on the part of the Crown , would be conducted in such a manner as they hod been . The objection was well kuown , but no steps were taken to postpone the trial . This was a very great error in judgment—a grievous error—a great and most serious error , arid one which had led already to the criminal law being in part defeated , and , according to his humble judgment , would ultimately lead to its complete defeat ( Hear , hear . ) There were three several grounds upon which the addresses had proceeded : one class of these referred to the special
circumstances of the case ; the second to the illegality , or , as some would call it , tbe expediency of tho proceedings—he meant those objections which had proceeded upon the assumption that upon a view of the evidence the case hod not he rightly decided by the jury . And here he would say that he agreed with his Hon . and Learned Friend ( Lord Wynford ) that there were some crimes of such atrocity , as murder , arson , and high treason , that it was necessary to take the life of the offender as public punishment That was his deliberate opinion . It was for the sake of preserving life that the sacrifice of one life was demanded . He would also say that he held it to be the height of presumption in any class of men , however respectable and numerous
to sit in judgment upon a jury —( hear , hear )—and to say , " We have road the evidence in the newspapers and should have arrived at a different conclusion . " He held that to be consummate presumption to say they would havo arrived at a different conclusion , aud from whom ! From twelva . mon on their oaths , under the direction and assistance of an experienced and enlightened judge , and with tho incalculable benefit of having seen and heard every witness give his testimony . He ( Lerd Brougham ) trusted the importance of the case involving nothing less than the Interference of the people with the administration of the law , would be his" excuse for having trespassed bo long upon their Lordships .
The Marquess of NOKMANBY sai . l , if it wai his own individual and unsupported opinion ho was about to offer in opposition to that of his noble and learned friend , he should ofier it with much diffidence ; but fortunately he was enabled to appeal to the same authority that i * i » nubia and learned friend had appealed ^ -rtaemdij , -that of the learned judges . As his ( noble and learnedefriend had had the kindness to announce his * Intention of . presenting this petition , he ( the Marquess of Normanby ) had referred to the Mined judge who had presided at the special commission , and he had obtained that learned judge's permission *> make public , his communication , which otherwise he should have . considered confi 4 snjial . His noble and learned friend had utated that ho knew not where the blame
rested , and had alluded to a person for whom he ( the Marquess oJ Normanby j entertained the highest respect , the fcentlemau who had prepared the prosecution . Now he would say , on behalf of the government , that it was impossible to do otherwise than trust to that learned gentleman , who , for so many years , had conducted the public prosecutions , with great credit to himself . Then , as to the time at which the objection Was taken , so much were those who had conducted the case of opinion tbat the objection wra ef do weight , that neither he tthe Uar . qui .-ss of Noniianby ) nor his colleagues know of that objection till it bad been madt \ The two learned counsel for tho prisonur had urged "verbally the very made
objection now , namely , that as two of the judges who presided a ^ Monmouth were in favour of the objection urged on behalf of the prisoner , and also of the time at which it had been made ; and as , if the coun ^ ri had chosen to press for a decision , it must have TJeen there and then decided iu favour of the prisoner ; and he ( Lord Normanby ) h&d told them tnat he would be liappyto receive any written communication on that point , and would refer it to the learned judges ; he -Wiyua tf terofore now read to their lordships the communication he had received from the learned Lord Chief Jnstiee \> f -the decision of the judges on that occasion . The Notile Marquees here read tho following letter from Lord Chief Justice Tindal -.
—" Wostminstfr Hall , 28 th January , 1840 . "My Lorfl , —I have tbo honour to inform your Lordship that tlie argument upon the three eases of The < iuoon v . Frost , The Queen v . Williams , and The Queen v . Jones , closed this afternoon , and that the Judges , after considering tho subject , have come to the following determination upon the two ques ions which have been argued beforo them , viz : — " First—A majority of the judge * , in tha proportion of nine to six , are of opinion tlat the delivery of tlic list of witu-8 Sts was not a good delivery in point of law . " But secondly—A majority of the judges , in tho proportion of nino to six , ore of opinion that the objection to the delivery of the list of witnesses was not taken in due time .
' * All the judges agreed that if the objection had £ een made in due time , the effect of it would have been a postponement or the trial iu order ; to give time for a proper delivery of the list . J " Tho result , thtrofare , of the determination of the judges is , that the conviction is right . " I will havo the houuur of calling on your Lord-Bbfp to-murrow at the rising of the court , if I should receive any intimation ^ to bat effect " I have the honour to remain , " My Lord , . . . " Your Lotdship ' s fuithful and ' obe ' dient servant , "N . C . TindIl .
" The Lord Marquis of Normanby , &c . &c . lea . " He had certainly sent to the Lord Chief Justice iu consequeuce « sf \ te application to him by Sir F . Pollock and Mr . Kelly . "Something bad been intimated about ii bargain , but ho aistinctly denied that there was any fouada-ion fur whnt bad been uin'tid on that poin ' He had read the aliort-hand writer ' s notes of what had occurred at the trial , and be thought Mr . Kelly Ml into a misunderstandin ;' of the rial point .. the judges were to < lecide . Such was liis impression upon reading the report of tho newspapers of the proceedings—reports which were generally tiven with treat accuracy—and to show to their Lordships that such was the fact , he would now read the report of the three judgeB who formed tbe Special Commission , upon the memorial of Sir F . Pollock and Mr . F . Kelly , with the exception of the first sentence , with which he nued not trouble their Lordships : — " Westminster Hall , Jon . 31 st , 1840 .
" My Lord , —As to the law , the uniform practice has been , so far lack as we haro any means of knowledge that if the jodge u . on the trial of an indictment feels any serious , doubt as to on objection that occurs in point of law , he decides the point against the prisoner , and allows the trial to proceed , reserving Mich point of law , in d-der that he may take the advise and op nion of all the other jvdgea thoieon . After consulting them , and hearing argument thereon ( if thought ntceaatm the opinion of the judges is taken , and that of tbe majority binds the judue who has reserved the point If that should
opinion bo against the prisoner , the law is suffertjd to take its course , and the sentenc e which has been passed remain * . If the opinion of the judges is in favour of tbe prisoner , the constant course is for the judges who tried tbe prisoner , and passed the sentence , to apply to the Secretary of State for a free pardon . And this course in no way depends on any eonsent , express or implied , on the part of the prisoner ; the judge pursues it at his own discretion , and decidts the point for the present against the prisoner , giving him the benefit of further consideration and advice with tuo other judge * . And this « ottrte is put
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1 " " ¦ " ¦ ^¦ ^^¦ ^¦ ^^•¦ ^ sued for the manifest purpose of preventing a failure of justice ; inasmuch « a If the judge decided under his iramediaieimpression , supposing it to be in favour of the prisoner , and directed an acquittal , there could be no new trial , although upon reference to the other judges his own opinion was held to be wrong . On tho other hand , if the opinion of the judges is at the time unfavourable to the prisoner , it can be reserved by that comae , and if erroneous set ri ^ ht " With respect to the statement iu the memorial , of what took place at the trial , so far as relates te ourseWes , we cannot bat remark , that the learned counsel labour under a complete misapprehension , at which we are the mow surprised , a « we expressly stated that no distinction would be made between this , and other eases tried at the amuses , but that it must follow the ordinary course .
"At the time of tbe discussion , we all of us entertained serious doubts , more or less strong , on the objection that was raised before us . And if the law had obliged . us to come to an immediate and Enal decision without the power of eonsulting the Judges , which the law does not , we were not prepared , without ranch further consideration , nor without hearing the argumenjt on the part of the Crown concluded , to come to any determination on tbe point We therefore followed the ordinary course pureued on similar occasions , decided the point against the prisoner by allowing the trwl to proceed , subject to the revision before referred
We beg to inform your Lordship that we think the circumstance Btated ond relied on in the memorial viz ., that two of the Judges under the Special Commisl sum ultimately declared their opinion in favour of tho objection , does in our judgment make no difference whatever ; nor do we think that any inclination in their minds at the timo of the trial ought to affect the question ; the law is taken from the majority of the Judges when consulted . " Under tho circumstances above mentioned , we beg leave to represent to your Lordship , that in our opinion there is no ground whatever to entitle the prisoner . John Frost , to a free pardon . " N . CTindai ., " J . Parke , " J . Williams . " To tbe M . ost Noble the Marquess of Normanby , " ¦ &c , &c
He would also refer to the short-hand writer ' s notes of the words used by the Lord Chief Justice Tindal , as a sort of interlocutory observation In reply to a remark by counsel . In . answer to Sir F . Pollock , who had referred to a particular case , his Lordshio observed , "I do no not know anything about that case ; I havo explained tho position in which the prisoner will stand if the point should be decided by the Judges in his favour . It will be precisely the same as if we had never so decided it" Then Mr . Baron Parke says , " If there is a conviction , and the Judges are of opinion that the objection is well founded , a pat don will be issued at the recommendation of the Secretary « f State , as a matter of course . " Mr . Justice Williams
made a remark , also , which showed his opinion not to be at variance with the other judges . Ho says , With precisely the some consequences that follow in other cases of the same kind . " He ( the Itfarquess of Normanby ) thought tbat the impression of every one who had read the report of the trial , must have been that the conviction was legal , and that the prisoner had sustained no substantial injury . At the same time the Government , taking all the features of the case into consideration , thought thai the difference of opinion among the learned judges , did really open the door to a favourable vlsw up to a certain point But in stating this he took the same opportunity of saying—for he thought it ought to be distinctly understood by their Lordships
—that it was that consideration , and that alone , which hod caused the Government to come to the < lectMo , n thf ; y had . Had it not been for that difference of opinion between the learned judge ? , which tlirewa certain
would have been no hesitation onhi 6 ( LordWonuauby ' 8 ) part , and that of his colleagues , in withdrawing from her Majesty any recommendation to mercy , and pen uittin ^ the law to take its course . ( Hear , hear . ) He had thought H necessary to enter into this explanation , because he agreed with the learned judges that the case was not one that called for & free pardon , and he would farther observe that he did not think that the justice of tho case would be met by doin ^ less than enforcing the severest secondary punishment known to tho lawnamely , the commutation of the pun ' shment of death into transportation for life .
Lord WYNFOBI ) modo some observations which were inaudible in the gallery . Lord BROUGHAM , jn exp ^ nation , said , that he had not blamed Mr . Maule for the course which had been token on this occasion . Mr . Maule had committed no error which was not capable of correction , and -which could not have been remedied by postponing the commission for four weeks . It -was the Crown- Couasel who were to blame , for taking upon themselves to soa positively nothing in an objection which had been declared good by a majority of the Jujjes . The Chief Justice hid declared that the judges could not Deforced at a trial to give a decision on any oajection which was raued . All he could say was , that in the course of a long experience ho had never known a judge , when
urged te do so , decline giving a decision on a lo ^ ol objection . Great evil uinst , in his opinion , arisa from the adoption of such an opinion . Supposr , a man on his tria for an unna'ural offence raised an objection which weut to the whole criminality of the charge , ami that the judgo met it by declaring that the trial must go on , and a conviction possibly take place , upon the assurance that tho point would bo raai .-rved for Die twelve jatlges , might not a man no situated fairly ( say , I have confidence in thfl objection whu-h \ have ur ^ ed ; 1 am unwilling to be branded for lifo as a felon . " aad I call on you for a deolsiou In my favour . " But what , ii two out of the three judges before whom the question arose were decidedly In favour of it ? Now , in this case , the cowriction of the prisoners took place on account of the
objection being reserved , for if it were decided at all at the trial it must havo been dccMed in favour of tho prisoners . Why did he snr so ? It was true that the Attornoy-Gencral ' s argument was not heard at tho trial , but if it had , the result would nut havo been different , as the proceedings wakii since took place fully proved . The Attorney-General had been heard throughout before tho twelve judges , and yet he failed to convince the majority , ( amongst whom were the two puisne judges who presided at tho trial ) , that tha objection was invalid . If , by any accident , ( he went no higher ) the judges bad done their duty on the tria ., and proceeded to a division , as they were bound to do unless in a easts of the greatest doubt , those prisoners would liave gone as freo as if they were never arraigned or coMimltted for any offence .
The Earl of DEVON—Your argument applies only to the first case . Lord BROUGHAM—But that was the case of the greatest criminal . . The LORD CHANCELLOR-Tne learned Judges denied that it was either in the power of the couassl for the Crown to demand a decision , or their duty to decide . On toe contrary , they considered thuir duty , as a question waa raised on the trial about which they entertained a doubt , to reserve it . lest the failure of justice should ensue . The Judges felt justified in deciding against the objection , on the understanding that tho opinion of tno other Judges should be asiwrtafned on the jioint We had that on an authority which nobody could qtiestion—we had it on tho authority of
the learned Judges who presided at tlds Commission . t waa , therefore , quite superfluous to argue this question . I * t their Lordships , however , weigh tho consequences of taking the contrary view . It would , if acted upon , romler useless the doctrine of error . If tho Judti-3 reserved a point , declaring that tho inclination of their opinion was in favour of the prisoner , what was tho use of the reference , if the judgment of tho twelve Judges could have no influence on the force of that objection ? Suppose the cose which had occurred , and that two out of three of the Judges on the trial , without waiting for the cloae of the argument , thought it right to act on their opinion iu favour of tho prisoners . Well , the judgment of the othurjulges being appealed
to in London-, they for one reason or other -were of opinion that the objection ought not to have prevailed , and that the conviction was a right one . Now , if tho prisoner wus entitled to require an immediate decision on the trial , the reservation in favour of the opinion ol the twelve judges would be of no avail , ev < m though they should decide that tho objection was erroneons in point of law . That was certainly not a vury reasonable conclusion ; it was inconsistent with the practice of the courts , and he thought thuir lordships would hesitate before , on the memorial of the counsel for the prisoners , they would make a change which would defeat the ends of justice , by rendering it useless to reserve a point in error . He trusted their lordships would not come to a decision adverse to tho decision of the judges , and the course unii practice of the law . ( Hear . )
Lord BROUGHAM : If the two judges at the trial had the slighteat doubt about the question reserved , I should at once abandon the position i laid down . The Bishop of Exeter deferred till Tuesday his motion on tho subject of "Socialism . " The H ' ght Rev . Prolate did so , in compliance with the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury and of the Bishop of London . The Duke of Wellington presented petitions on the subject Their Lordships then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Friday , Jan . 51 . Mr . Cholmondeley took the oaths and bis seat for Denbighshire , in the room of the late Sir W . W Wynn . . ¦ - , . Tho Lord Mayor , attended by Alderman Sir W . Heygate , &c , appeared at the bar , with a petition from the Court of Common Council , for tho release of the Sheriffs . It was read , on tho motion of Alderman Sir M . Wood ; and ou motion of Sir R . Inglis , it was ordered to be printed and circulated with the Votes . Mr . Alderman Copeland presented a similar petition torn the ward of Faningdon .
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"_ Tbeje were many , petitions prewated , beiatr the last day to tbefepTCBentation , for private bills . They were "nptoT ****** the private bill committees . Many public petitions were afterwards presented for the ex * m !™ 1 £ ^ T ' ^ « 1 »«« n . ag » ftist the grout to Mdynooth College , fer « edical reform , 4 c the ^/ ST u FK ^ «*» *»¦*¦>*¦ ~» * *?• 5 ?* " «¦*• notlce * & ¦* . on Monday , he would call attention to tbe petition that had been presented ^ noticed above ) by the Lord Mayor , & « . St £ Common Council , regarding the releoL ofX ffiffc Sir S . Sugden gave notice , that on tho same day he would direct attention to a petition from » thJ Bar of . England , relative to tho privileges of Parii * . menf . ~»»* w Mr . Godson said that he should ask tho Government , on Monday , whether it was intended to execute the sentence on Frost , Williams , and Jones » ¦ . - ¦ - ,
Lord Morpeth , in answer to Lord Stanley ' s inquiry regarding the payment of arrears due to the clergy or Ireland in 1834 , 1835 , and 1836 , said tbat he believed another dividend had been paid and that steps had been taken to complete the Day menta . -., * The adjourned debate on Sir John Buller ' s motion was resumed ( fourth night ) by Lord Morpeth , who spoke at great length . . Mr . Sergeant Jackson strongly supported the motion denouncing especially the Irish Government for countol nancing O"Connell , and inviting him to the table at tbe castle after he had traduced the Conservative party by declaring that if they were in power they would " poison" the Queen—that her Majesty would not be alive six months afterwards . Mr . C , Wood explained why he resigned offipe . An extended debate ensued , in which Mr . O ConnelL Mr . Bradshaw , &c , took part . :
Sir R . Peel explained his reasons why he had not conadencs in the Government He said that he withheld confidence from the Administration on every ground on which confidence could be granted . - Lord J . Russell followed , and defended the course thai hod been pursued by Government . . ^^ The House then divided , aud the numbers w « e—For the motion . ^ 97 Against it ,. „ ., 3 ^ Majority for Ministers 31 T , he House adjourned at ten minutes past five o ' clock . ^
Monday , February 3 . After the presentation of many petitions , Sir E . Sugden presented one from "the bar of Ene . land , " signed by 599 gentlemen , twenty-seven of whom were Queen ' s counsel ot sergeants-at-law . Tho prayer of this petition was , that the sheriffs might bo forthwith discharged from custody , to which they bad been committed for executing their duty . It was ordered to be printed aud circulated with the Votes , Sir E . Sugden stating bis intention of submitting a motion upon the subject
Mr . Leader presented a petition signed by several hundreds of the inhabitants of London , expressing their regret that , notwithstanding the recent decision of a majority of the judges in the case of Erost , Williams , 4 » d Jones , these three men were , as tho petltioaew understood , about to be transported for life . The petitioners were of opinion after the result of the argmmont before the fifteen judges , those three persous ought to receivo a free pardon ; they therefore prayed the House immediately to address her Majesty upon the subject The petition having been laid on the table , Mr . Leader moved that it may be printed , in order ihat he might hereafter call the attention of Siff House to it . —Ordered .
Mr . Godson rose in consequence of a notice which be had given to the Hon . Gentleman tha Under Secretary of State for the Home Department , in order to put a question to him , but at the same time he wished it to be understood that he had no desire te interfere in any way with the due administration of justice . ' The question he had to ask was , whether two out' of the three judges who sat under the Special Commission at Monmouth upon the trial of Fiost , W ilHams , aud Jones , were not of opinion , after consultation with the other twelve judges , that the objection taken at the trials by the prisoners' counsel wao taken in proper time and was also valid in law ? -
Mr . F . Maulo was afraid that it was not ia hW power to give the Hon . and Learned Gentleman any such information as he required . All that hi « Noble Friend , the Secretary of State for the Home Department knew officially was , that tbe point hart bten referred to the consideration of the judges , and that their opinion was unfavourable to tbe validity o ? tiie objection . Mr . Godson said , that not receiving any answer to his question , he would now give notice , that on Thursday next he would move for the production of tbe memorials and papers referring to the subject
Prince Albert ' s" Naturalization" Bill was brought from tho Lords . It was read the first and second time , and ordered to bo committed on Tuesday , when , it will go through its remaining stages . The House resolved itself iuto a Committee on Prince Albert ' Annuity Bill , in which Col . Sibthorp proposed a restrictive clause , in the event of the Queen ' s demisebut Sir Robert Peel arid other members thought that it would be better , in the . event . of-such ao ocenrrence , for the House to exhibit confidence in hia Serene Highness . Col . Sibthorp then withdrew the proposed clause . The Bill passed through committee , and the report was ordered to be received to-day .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in Committee of supply , moved a resolution ' ¦ That a sum not exceeding £ 2 , 000 , 000 be granted to her Majesty to discharge the like amount of Supplies granted for the service of the year 1839 , or for any preceding year . " It was agreed to , and the report thereof ordered to be received tiiia day . Tho Select Committee on the Library of the House , on the motion of Sir B . Inglis , was nominated and agreed to . Alderman Sir M . Wood proposed names for the committee on the metropolis improvements . Sir R . Inglla and Sir E . Sugden deferred their notice * of motions regarding the City petition for the release of the sheriffs , &c . '
Mr . Darby then moved that William Evans , Esa ., aud John Wfaeelton , Esq ., sheriff of Middlesex , " be discharged from the custody of the sergeaht-atiarms . * This led-to extended discussion , in which Sir W . Follett and the Solicitor-General took part , and spoke at considerable length . ¦ Sir E . Sugden rose , and there being some indisposition to proceed with tile debate , Mr . Pryme moved the adjoutmnent , which was agreed to . > The Irish Municipal Corporations Bill was brought in , and read a first time ; ordered to be read a second tim ^ on Friday , week . The house then adjourned .
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1 ¦ ¦ 1 * Qj ^ FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES .
The following is a copy of a petition of each of the above prisoners to the Queen , and to both House * of Parliament : — " " That your petitioner was lately tried for , and , as he believes , illegally convicted of high tretfon . " That your petitioner was , by the express word of tho statute Javv of the land , entitled to hare delivered to him , without any application frr the same being made by him , a list of the witnesses to be produced against him , at the same time with a oopy of the indictment . ' ¦
" That your petitioner never had Buch liai delivered at the 8 amo time with a copy of thejndictment , agreeably with the before- mentioned provisions of the statute law of the land . ' , ¦ " That a majority of the judges have declared that your petitioner , although put upon his trial tor life , nerer had that to which he was entitled , as declared by the judges to be the statute law of tho land . ¦ ¦ - ' .. "That your petitioner is now informed that ha ought to have complained when called upon to plead that he had had no list of witnesses delivered to bin pursuant to the before-mentioned statute law ? of tha iand . ¦ ¦
That your petitioner when called upon to plead did not know that he ought thea to have made such complaint , and believed that he had no ' rikhLta sit or do anything but plead Guilty or Not Guilty . That your petitioner has been informed and believes , that six of the learned judges have , upom mature deliberation , solemnly pronounced if to be their united opinion that your petitioner had a good and just right to plead Not Guilty before he complained of the said uon-complianco with the statute Jaw oi the land , and that your petitioner , by pleading , did not waive the rights so given him by tha merciful provisions of a legislative enactment " . i rrii ' ' C 3 ^ ^••••• vviiiVUv * -
* inat your petitioner , as soon as he had counsel assigned to liim , left it to his counsel to insist on his right to the said list when they might think proper . . , .. . . , . ** That your petitioner ' s counsel did insist upott such right , and ur ^ -ed their objection at that time , and in that manner and form , which siiTof the earned Judges of theJwd have pronounced to have been the . right tune so to insist and to make - such objection . . : . > •* That your petitioner solemnly declare * , that tb « three Judges who tried your petitioner expressly declared , that hesboulu have the eame benefit ffom the said objection as if they decided the eame at'the said tti&K ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ' ..- ' : . ¦ ? .. '
M That two out of the three of tb « said learned Judges who tried yonr petitioner have mnee pronounced it to be their solemn judgment that tha said objection was * valid objection , and bid b « ei takes in due and proper time , and that therefore va » P »>«»> ° Be * ought to have been equitted . : i r **\ l ont Petitioner , - wSjing upoa fae' ftrofk , good fauh , and ummpeaehedjtukioe and inteffritfo the ewd judges who tried your petittoBerfffld iwft out of the three of thote learaedC ™^ 5 ^« £ !
decided , and » tm hold , that , ou > peti ^ erwrii to have been acquitted , your petitioner hnmbj claims the performance of their unequivocal and S shortly declared promise , thatyonrpetitionershould be placed mthe same rituation as aFthey h * d ( Sea ste a ^ a . ^ ' that »« * ?•«*¦* "And bo yoor petitioner humbly prays ; as * matter of good faith and right jastioe , * pardon . « . M jour petitioaer will ever pray , " ft *
The Prisoners At Woniffotjth.
THE PRISONERS AT WONIffOTJTH .
Ettqim'al Ifraviiwmtnt. Gmsm'al Raarttttmjttt.
Ettqim ' al Ifraviiwmtnt . gmsm ' al raarttttMJttt .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2670/page/3/
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