The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-21 00:00:00

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TnE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the /UTE of EXCHANGE at which Hwy will recciva Cash 4rr ou Bengal end 3,l:4drw; will, front the pr. scat clat ,- , and until Rrther notice, he Is. lid. the Cvnal,aii, , . 1 %fll" ; on t•taltuy, Is. ll!;d, the coinp,ny'=: JAME,: C. 31.1:LVILI„ Secr,t4ir., s rmv- , 43; / ' z", • . _ *, , • • I e z IA C A 4 ,: ' • • •••• , e.) t ' e `! \I ; P-- • !. • / ;,.:. 1 1 . c o - • - ut directed a t investiga. finding out the C' ~_ 4 i~ SEE AND PERTO I at thi, general month to inves -1846 have just 2onsultation by of opinion that r on both corn' he Dundee and Perth to enter state that the (-tit- prior to its 0 pay that sum lee and Perth; ition of the vs the view of Id b,?. necessary ,hey had better obtaining from lification of the ,a j ment of this he maintenance •ation of raring I mon.ter tube, in of 100 feet le engineers cm apsed since the d. Thu action s was found to it flr,t play on with the chains 5. Immediately •ed the recesses beneath. The fiet lift was ation is being l night, during of large lights of these lifts, :cur, the tube and be joined a tower. The every depart len, on the re' ne months past S train is es le of March. :.KETS. attendance, and ed firm, at Ss' some instances. ns were realised 18.—Thi s e supply of fat early all cleared s also good; the er witnessed in as, 800; sheep, Mutton, 4kd to lerate supply Of ante of fully l e ventrally h articles sell 0 1, extra, 46'; r ed ' old, 9d; n o° ' 7s per quartet. B.—There wer e each eeighia —4 at 1/ 610 (1 1 I, 9 at 114 s, 8 . 11 " 14s 7d S-120 149 * l9s, and 2 at c. et 21s 6d, 5 0 " 10 sold thus: -- 1, 1 at 1/ as Od' ET, DEC. from 7s :at ditto, 85 Ou i Hay, from 85 r.—There vie r° and 3 of pot s !ady. 0803 0 g on the cocoa' pot-barley als° iecond Third !2s 9d 21s id —s O& —5 Oa —s Od OA —s Od —5 v" - s Od Oci m l7B 9cl thyr and „ A 21$ v" 13.1. E TS was very fiat -Great Westerrii dis. vas rather better? re as f0110w . .." dis. Ditto (Ist° 'shire and York' Western, il l C. Ditto, lislvet', Cork, N ew efist l4 cent. till ItW' to-day were . 0 ' chaster and Bo' shire and Yor i ‘ .. 3t Riding lini , oti t , .ence, !hl, and Linco lll Are, 9 11-16 d i°. 6 7 16. • ctions of .ester: t of busincgi , tern maintaineu for the last fed brdshires, whic solders have ha il ,5 % 1 dis. 11l 9 ay be said to Le ka-day were a 1,, 3 —York os ish, 111. 3e• 9d• to-day were f di tb British, ScuiP' Miss rard °e ' " The PretV post oetivo , No. 20, Ore . : .11 the librari e ' and countrY• , n 1848-9, w ith L Officer in th i e 7s. 6d. bot ll/ 7 he Countess° with Portrait, vols.-4. N °l( 'oil. small 80 4 Is in Africa are re hail a w" 1.1 me of Napier' ;old at Paris nice of 31. 17 9 f in exchange ot 3ndon at sh (7r er cent. dear e.,.. liamburgb 1 . 1 1 t the Euglif e standard g ° ' : 'ange at HO% it follows th l % han in MO ember of 0 8 thma by Hot ie • from Mr. Hen Creenagh, n e re 1,--I feel it o o personally !sil l ; ointment in afflicted rae l°l ; .d to walk rent to bed. to I am please d ~ [olloway's Es' , ndors of toei. lOway, MTS. rri s. E. Blargetts' the wife of O r ' r a daughte r ' >f the lief* ter. wife of ad, the wife 3gton, the Wire ife of tile JOY' tonshire, . 0 % hla (Iry rnel Thorniv— e, Chelsea. t r i g [alstead, e le late P rf ViHien' lacle s, Ann, w i l f i Cavairs", Gul rend 5 p. 7rfaher., Es q ., age' 74' eenf ...• .nfird gtv' ormerly Yor 114(3 11zo By order of the Board, JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary. Wellington-street North, Strand. Just published, in Two Thousand Pages, royal Bvo., price 365., the POST . OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1850. Principal Divisions of the work :—Official Direc tory ; Street Directory ; Commercial Directory ; Trades' Directory ; Law Directory ; Court Directory ; Parliamentary Directory ; Postal Directory ; City Directory ; Conveyance Directory; Banking Direc tory ; Assurance Directory ;—with a very great amount of general intarrmation. For Reviews of the work, which is now the only Lon don Directory published, see Times, 23d ult. ; Chronicle. 223 nit. ; Herald, 23d tilt. ; Post, 44th ult. ; Advertiser, 24th ult. ; Daily News, 23d ult.; Sun, 22d ult. ; Globe, 23d ult. ; Dispatch, 25th ult. ; John Buil, 24th ult. ; Britannia, Ist inst. ; Spectator, 24th ult. ; Hero path's Journal, 24th ult.; Mining* Journal, 24th nit. ; Atlas, 24th Wt.; Era, 25th ult. ; Literary Gazette, let inst. ; Examiner, Whist. Kelly and Qe. Old Loswell-court ; and all Booksellers. NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and op Mite Adam-street. The Legal Profession, Gentlemen connected with t h e Public Offices and Banking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, and Parties from the.coantry will find the Table d'liote at Half-past Five precisely' the most economical, comfortable, and convenient in the metropolis. Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Sappers until One "deck. Luncheons, &c. Good Beds. Superior Wines aid Spirits. Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Ales. JOHN ARCHER aid THOMAS lIOLT, Proprietors. N.Z. An Entrance also front Maiden-land. S'S CANDLES, Cd. and sd. per lb.; wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 734(1., 9d., and 9%d. ; Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 23.; fine wax, Is. sd. ; transparent wax, Is. id. and Is. 10d. ; best wax, 2s. Id.; sperm can dles. •Is. Si. and Is. 10d. ; metallic, 7d. and Bd. ; mottled soap 565. and 60s, per 112 lbs. ; yel ow, 445., 503., and 565. ; Windsor soa Is. 4d. per paciet ; brown Windsor, is ; rose, 2s. ; almond, Zs. 6d.; sperm •11, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d. ; argend, 4s. 6(1. ; Sealing wax, 4s. 6(1. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's lane, opposite Westminster County Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house). FEVERS. —The effect of Fever or an inflamma tory state of the head is most injurious to the II AIR, render ing it thin, arid, and entirely destroying its beauty; this state is pro duced by the unnatural heat of the head during fever, drying up the Unctuous matter which nature, in a healthy state. liberally supplies to the hair. Beautiful hair cannot exist where this lubricating mat ter is not sufficiently supplied ; a careful analysis of this peculiar na tural unguent has been made, and repeated experiments have pro duced MILTON'S HAIR LIMBIC ANT, in which are combined With the greatest care the exact natural components ; it is, there fore, the only rational application which should be made to the hair; its effects are immediately perceptible, causing dry thin hair to be come lustrous, silky, and abundant. MILTON'S HAIR LUBRICANT is sold in elegant Toilet P , ts, 25. each. Any Bookseller in the country can procure it in his weekly Parcel. The Wholesale Agents in London are Messrs. Barclay and Co., Fart ingdon-street. "JELL BRUSHING the HAIR night and In-rning and the application .f MILTON'S HAIR LUBRI CAXT to the roots of the hair will immediately check any tendency to greyness or loss of hair, and render it thick, curly, and perfectly clean. MILTON'S HAIR LUBRICANT has a new perfume of the Most slelicious kind. In elegant toilet stands, 2s. each. Sold by all pet furners and medicine vendors in town and country. Wholesale London Agents :—Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon street ; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard; Sutton and Co., Bow Church-yard ; Sangar, 151, Oxford-street ; and Hannay and Co., Oxford-street. THE SCHOOLBOY'S DREAM. A. JOKE FOE THE JUVENILES. Not many days back, Mr. Archibald Spo n Received a long note fro n his little son John. This letter was penned in a singular style, And doubtless will cause my young readers to smile. The epistle runs thus : " Dear Papa and Mamma, I'm happy to hear you're so well as you are; The thoughts of returning (tho,gh strange it may seem(, Have caused your delighted boy, Johnny, to dream. Methought t'other night that you gave a fine party, And hailed my re'nrn in a manner most hearty. The party invited consisted of many ; Tom, Harry, and Alick, and Percival Penny ; And William, and Thomas, and Philip, and Frank, And Master Mat Middleten, all en the prank ; And ►tichael, and Montague, Charley, and Fred, And Alfred the small. with the curls on his head; And Joseph, and Sammy, and Jessie, And M.sster Georls Gordon, remarkably dressy ; And Walter, and Willoughby, T tus, and Tim, And Samson and Simon, in vary good trim ; And Jalius,Anthony, Robert, and Wat, Aid many more names which I fear i've forgot. And nsetheught la my singular dream there were none But what were decked out by E. Moses and Son. Such elegant tunics, such stylish hussars, We looked like the galaxy- studded with stars. And methought w•e shouted with glorious noise, E. Moses and Son are the men for the boys. No doubt after this Messrs. Moses will don Your very affectionate Son, JOHNNY SPONN." LAST OF PRICER REIDY lUD'S. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style ...... ....•• .• .• •••• •• •• •• •• •• £9 8 6 The Bulwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 Tito Pal etot, ditto .......... 0 18 0 Chesterfield, ditt0.............. 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Ovcr Coat .. •••• • ....• •••••• •• •• . 1 Shooting Coats •• Lounging or Morning Coats .. •••••• • • • • 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto 2 6 Black Silk Velvet Tests.. •• •• •• •......... 13 6 Dress Coats ..... ...• 0 12 9 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from•• ••..•• • . • ..... •• •••• .. • • .... •• •• 0 7 0 Hussar and Tails Suits .................. 0 14 • Boys' Autumn and Winter Tests •......... I 0 MADE TO MEASURE. Men's Aituran and Winter Over Coats—from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined 1 0 0 The l'aletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style or Over Coat .••• • • • • ........... 2 0 0 The Strathmore Willey Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout .. •• • • • • •.• • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Doeskin.... ............ Best Black Cassiatere ditto ...• •• .• ........ 1 6 Autumn and Winter Tests •• • • ............ 0 11 6 Best Black Cloth ditto ........ • • .......... O 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto .................... 0 111 I „ Dress C0at5.............. fres& 325. to 213 11 „ Frock •• • • •• •• front 355. to 2 3 0 Ilussar and Tulle 1 6 Snperflite .. • ... • • ............. ..... 116 0 Men's shooting Cost •. • • .......... Elegant Dressing /Lobes, in great variety, A Large Steak of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60e. to 201. Naval and Military lfalferins, Liveries, Ice. Mourning to any extent at Five Minatea' Reties. A Suit of lieurnin complete for 11. les. 2 , l the new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with fell !accttoiss for Self-measnrement, can be kad en application, er for warded, poet free, to any part of tke kingdom. Notice—The Far Department is new replete with every novelty ef the salmi. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to 14 eccure, If net approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. t . Z. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woellendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, ;ogien, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, _' s , 156, and 157 Minories, and 61, $4 . 85, and $6 Aldgate, City. tohdon ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast 4.stabllshment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public 11111 tInst imposition; but having heard that the untradesmanlike , k al sohood of being connected with them, or " It is the same co n c e r n, " 414 been resorted to in many Instances, and for obvious reasons, i h eY" beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far- Shofileht ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; : 451 those who require cheap and gent:Lino clothing, &e., should call ' ll . Or send to the bilnories and Aidgato, City, London ; or either of the Tirana Establishments, as above. ._?ata Notice,—This Establishment is aimed from sunset Friday, ` 4, lunset Saturday. when besieges' is resumed till twelve &sleek. GARDNER'S WORM MEDICINE. t omon. Removed from 71, Long-acre to Mr. Front's, 229, Strand, "!t is a melancholy fact that thousands are suffering the privation wealth, and are ultimately brought to a premature death by a cause ittti prevalent as that of worms in the human body, and which is so cr itiently overlooked or improperly treated, from either prejudice Mistake It is, therefore, of importance that every person • euld be acquainted with the common symptoms of worms, which are —disagreeable odour of the breath, fevered tongue, particular , c ,Oltiess or languid bluish appearance about the eyes, swelling and ; 1 4 ttiess of the lips, especially the upper lip, frequent itching of the an unequal state of the pulse, appetite very irregular, and the also, pale and emaciated countenance, and at other times the c Will be flushed, griping plias, a short, dry cough, great thirst, Aalhststartings during sleep and grinding of the teeth, frequent In the sides listlessness, and want of inclination to take ex inflammadon of the eyes, Re. dm These are some of the elclti e ral symptoms of being afflicted with worms; adults as well as iitu thiren ce subject thereto. Youth or age may with the utmost saf ety have recourse to this old established medicine, which is s p Yted by numerous families as a general medicine, particularly in '`ng and autumn. Sold4 l in boxes, at 2s . 9d. and 4s. 6d., and for children at Is. I te j d. 1), s0 . the Cordi al Tincture, to be used with the pills, but which will , 11, feund an invaluable family medicine for complaints of the stomach loovrels, bile, cholle, spasms, Stu. —lO. 10., 2s. 9d., 4s. ,`, l Os• 61 each bottle. bn'oserve the tamp name of Thomas Front" is printed In the Govern '4l3 s. .111[ A 1 A E. to,„ One hall the world are desolately single, and the ether 14;rusiag th em married. ques tio n ably contented. Diffideace, or a kt ter i e et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ma w the latter. The solitary ens may shield himself wader the plea l e c anton and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an i„Vrosing harry; but the troth Ho, deeper. Physical Incapacity, bi br oken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness tic ' ° o l l.l content. The dowry should not be the enly marriage set t, at. Honour and Justice demand that health should form an item le ° compact ; It alone dignifies the alliance. Slighted hopes er the e e. ; e t wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if 4/z" ,tunnises concern yoa, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little "On Single and Married Life, " pub. In 2 vols., Is. l (by Post, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively ), „7 91 . er prudish feeling deter you, by their titlea, ner be hindered ttleZ i tuterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining e net intended for mee idle cariosi, hat tbey - 2 They closet ar perusal of those more y r interested, ty deeply interested, to whom th e 'te offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on teg, ettuo4rve subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er tta.. are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other by P ublications claim your attention (same price h. is. • each, Cap 4r °at 6d ) called " What to Eat, Drink, and "a'np‘ i , and " How to be Happy." They are not merely ~tre is but eual in uantity a library volume, nor are they the ate w 't 4 erneral ecribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's t, rv,,, 5 owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob ea of th e maxims he would i nculcate —to do unto others as he ea th ' s ‘,() done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always 8 he l ,. sunny side of the way." The above worts may be had o f GS, e ° °d• 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 14Y, Fleet-street • Mann, , 1 ,144er,,„1 1111 ; Spokes, 5, Holbem-hill ; or direct (by post or other laerm,.'unf the author (who may be conferred with petionaliy, —"menad eYelllrtP), :10. Arg7ll-place RagantitiVet;:"l all • ISLINGTO CATTLE _ MARKET AND ABAT rout COMPAN r. Notice is hereby given, that the LA-T DAY for RECEIVING APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company is fixed for the 7th day of January next, when the Committee will proceed to the Al lotment. SOUTHWARK -BRIDGE. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE .on the 15th of January next to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to the Subscribers of the 131. advanced on the Old Shares of the Southwark-bridge ; and that the Transfer-books of the Company will be CLOSED from the 31st inst. until the 15th of January. JAMES LEITH, Secretary. 0113s0, Queen-street-place, Dec. 20, 1849. HAMPTON COURT PALACE ROYAL KITCHEN GARDENS. Thfme GARDENS to be LET on LEASE for 23 years, front the sth of January next; together with the Melon-ground, the Glass houses, the Dwelling-houses (except thti Head Gardener's House), Stables, and other buildings belonging thereto; and also the Fruit Treys, Pine Plante, Vines, Shrubs, Stock, Crop, Utensils, &c. acc. Any persons desirous of obtalUin; a Leave of the same, are to send ilk Tenders in writing, under sealed covers, indorsed " Tenders for Hampton Court Kitchen Gardens," and addressed to the Com missioners of her Majesty's Woods, ice., No. 2, Whitehall-place, on or before Twelve o'clock on FRIDAY, the 4th day of January nest, stating the amount of rent they are willing to pay for the same. The premises may be viewed by application to Mr. Turrell, the Mead Gardener, and the schedules may be inspected, and particulars of the terms and eonditions may be obtained by applying at the Wee of Mr. Pennethorne, Architect to the said Commissioners, 7, Whitehall-yard, Linden. DIRECTORS. The /tight Rev. William Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Furristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the last India Company, and of the Londor Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carltua Villas , Maida-lilll. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain-ball, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maids.-hill. ACTUARY—WiIIiam henry Archer, Esq. SECRETARY —William Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Ferns of Proposal, and every information promptly erwarded on application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office. S, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE AS S (MANCE SOCIETY. Founded A. D 18 15.. And Constituted by Act •f Parliament, for Assurance on the Lives of healthy persons in every station or profession, wheresoever re sident. PRESIDENT—The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. 1. The Sums Assured, with Additions, now amount to upwards of 7,' 00,000/. 2. The Accumulated Fund now amounts to upwards of 2,070,0001. 3. The Annual Revenue now amounts to upwards of 300,0001. 4. By the last Annual Report, the deaths and relative claims were in the ratio of only 53 per cent. el what might have been ex pected according to the Tables upon which tits Society's calculations are based. And 5. TY• Amount of Assurances accepted during the last twelve years have been on an average upwards of Half a 141111fon sterling annually. THE WHOLE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED. Prospectuses and every information may be readily obtained on application at the Head Office or any of the society's .Agencies. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WE. GEORGE, Chief Clerk. Head Office, 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh, November, 1849. OFFICE IN LONDON, No. 4, Royal Exchange-buildings. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. 'rHE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. 8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, 3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, and 28, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNRESTRICTED. MODERATE PREMIUMS in the Fire Department. PECULIAR ADVANTAGES in the Life Department. Policies, Insuring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina tion of the Lease, are also Issued. Persons whose Policies with this Co npany expire on the 25th in stant, are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the same will be found at the Head Offices in London and Liverpool, and In the hands of the respective Agents ; and those who, preferring the security offered by this Company, may desire to remove theq* Insu rances, are intormed that no expense will be incurred by such re moval. BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London. SWINTON I3OULT, Secretary to the Company. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by AAA ef . Parliament, 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,oool., in shares of 20s. cash, to be paid is fall en allotment, bearing a guaranteed Interest ea per cent. in perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the °Slices of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted ea -terms especially advantageous for iavestment of capital. lly order, AUG. COLLING/LIDON, Managing Direetet. T A MI RE G I sy 7 ,, T x R E D PAL ETOT, 39, OXFORD-STREET. EVERT SIZE, IN ALL COLOURS, READY FOR WEAR, AT MDSSRS. SWAIN AND CO.'S lIYAM and COMPANY, L. of the PANTECHNETHECA, 36, GRACECHURCH STREET, and BG, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, Merchant Tail ors , Out-tlt t e rs , and lf an fa tu r e t rs e • I distinguished C patronagething imm ediate for whichwear, f while o r gratefully acknowledging u h many years has been conferred upon their establishment in Grace church -street, would at the same time tender their best thanks for the immense and unprecedented success consequent upon the open ing of their newly- erec t e d an d magnificent premises, situate No. $6, Oxford-street, nearly opposite the Pantheon. The proud position in which L IIYAM and COMPANY stand as the largest Tailors and Clothi ers i n th e wor l d, i s a sufAc i en t guaran free of their capabilities for offering extraordinary advantages in DRESS, and they venture to hope that their numerous friend' will find that each succeeding season will bring with it the most striking proofs that every exertion will be used still further to develop these advantages, and to produce an assortment of clothing of the highest and most perfect character. The whole of the Winter Stock being now on view, the favour of an early call will be duly appreciated, whilst the proprietors will spare no exertion or expense in producing for the inhabitants of London and its vicinities costumes unequalled in the fashionable world. Convinced both by nnmerous flattering testimonials and by yet more numerous and more tangible prosts of public approbation of the superiority of their business system, and of the important economical advantages, L. HYAM and COMPANT respectAilly submit to the inspection of their patrons the following brief °Aline of prices of winter clothing, ready made and made to measure:— WINTEIi OVER COATS. Albert Capes, Chesterfields. Paletots. Parisian Facks, Reefing, Jackets, Equestrian and Lounging Coats. Prices—l Os. 6d., 13s. 6d., 173. 6d., 225., 255., 345., 405., 465., 525., 635. DRESS AND SURTOUT COATS. L. I'IYAM and COMPANY refer to these garments with imlnite pleasure, convinced that they will give decided satisfaction. Prices 18s. Gd.. 235., 285., 335., 3Ss , 455., 505., 555., 635. WAISTCOATS of the most beautiful texture and the choicest designs. Prices-3s. 3d., 4s. Cd., Gs. Gd., 9s. Gd., 12s. 6d., lis. Gd., 18s. Gd., 255. TROIVSERS.—The most superb novelties in treble and double miVed plain and figured Doeskins and Cassimeres, of English, Scotch, and Fo , eign manufacture. Prices-Bs. Gd., I Is. Gd., 14s. Gd., 17s. 6c1., 210., 235., 265. JUVENILE CLOTHING. THE YOUTH'S department is replete with a most choice assort ment of Tunic Dresses, Spanish Dresses, Hussar, and Habit Suits, Prices-12s. Gd., ISs. id., 235., 285., 34,. LADIES' RIDING lIkRITS Made with full tra'n, exquisitely trimmed, and eut with the most consummate taste. Prices-31., 31. 10s., 41., 41. 155., 51. ss. PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL LIVERIES. In this important department the saY:ng is truly wonderful. Pages and Postilions' Suit'. Prices-265., 325., 385., 445., 50s. Footmen's Grooms', and Coachmen's Snits. Prices—Ms., 505., 655., 755.\ N.B.- -Any garment purchased at these establishments, and not meeting ssithperfeet approbation, will be immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Messrs. L. II YAM and COMPANY, blercbant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Manufacturers of Clothing, the Pantechnetheca, 86, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, London. Detailed and Descriptive Price Lists maybe had on appllcatltu ; or will be forwarded, post-free, to all pada of the kingdom. B RITANNIA. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Znipowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MITUAL ASSURANCE SEANCE. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre miums en upwards of 9,000 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the first nye years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. The lowest rates consistent with security to tho Assured. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected fir the purpose of securing loans or debts. llalf-credit rates of premium, wherel►j credit is gives for half the amount of premium fur seven years, Who then paid off, or remain a charge upon the policy, et the option of the holder. EXTRACTS FROM THE TABLES. Animal Premiums required for as Assurance of 100/. for the whole Term of Life. MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. I PROPRIETARY BRANCH. [PRICE SD. regirn .iga. the viii . Lig out the ringleaders mutinous proceedings. It was neris-', sequence to order the regiment to a stata Ivestigation could take place, and it viiite fed ,_ frm the frontier i n t o can t onments to Arc ; ilist because the men did duty between mutiny and the removal of the regiment to Arcot, they ought not to be amenable to a court martial. The plain answer to that was, that the duty ,which military law intended in such cases was active service, mei not, as in this instance, merely marching from one place to another. But he would read to the Court the opinion of Sir William Follett, then At torney-General, Sir P. Thesiger, then Solicitor- General, and Mr. Loftus IVigram, standing counsel to the East India Company, which would, he trusted satisfy the Hon. Proprietor as to the legality of the court-martial and the competency of its proceedings in relation to the Sepoys. lie might add, that all the papers in the possession of the Court of Direc tors had been placed before those learned gentle men. Their opinion, then, was, that the letter of the Deputy• Adjutant General to the Cum mailder of the regiment, ordering the restoration of their pay, and sanctioning their return to duty, would not render the subsequent investigation illegal, nor invalidate the trial of the ringleaders before a court-rnartial. Their opinion further was, tha. although the regiment had for nine months been al lowed to de duty and retain its arms, there was no irregularity in afterwards tre ing and punishing those who had been principals in the mutinous proceedings. Mr. SULLIVAN wished to see the case upon which the opinion had been given. He had no wish, how ever, to stand up against the opinion of the law officers whose names had been mentioned, if they had been fairly put in possession of all the facts. The CHAIRMAN repeated that all the papers in pos srssion of the directors had been laid before the learned gentlemen before their opinion was giver. Mr. Sergeant GASELEB thought it inexpedient to bring such questions before the Court, not because the proprietors were not entitled to consider them, but be cause many gentlemen merely attended to support the directors without knowing the merits of any case that might be before them. The Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Sullivan) had, however, put himself out of court by resting the case upon a legal opinion. In his own view the unfortunate Sepoys had not been fairly treated. Mr. CLARKE considered the introduction of such questions exceedingly objectionable, because calcu lated to lead the native soldiers of India to suppose they had in the Court of Proprietors a court of appeal through which they might escape the conse quences of guilt. lie regarded the motion as neither more nor less than a persuasion to insubordination.— (" No," and " Ilear.") Mr. GORDON strongly denounced the proceeding ; of the Court of Directors in this matter. He consi dered them a self-elected and corrupt corporation.— (Loud cries of " Order, order ; " Chair.") The CHAIRMAN—I cannot sit in this chair and hear such language as that applied to the Court of Directors. Mr. Goenos—Then leave it.—(Loud laughter.) The CHAIRMAN, having restored order, put the motion to a show of hands, and it was lost by a con siderable majority. 'TIE AMEERS OF SINDE. Captain DICKENSON then rose to make the motion of which he had given notice, with respect to the exiled Ameers of Sinde : That (hi' , Court, deeply lamenting the prolonged exile of the Princes of Sinde and the failure of those endeavours from time to time made for the termination of their unmerited sufferines, most earnestly recom mend to the Court of Directors that an opportunity be eff Ided such of them as survive to be heard in their de fence before some competent and impartial tribunal, to be nominated by the Government of India, and, it innocent, that they be reinstated in their private rights ; also that a like consideration, where the same may appear equi table, be extended to the heirs of such of the Ameers as have died in captivity. ‘• That the following papers be laid Way. the Court of Proprietors:— ' " Copy of the treaty entered into by Captain Seton, in behalf of the Bombay Government with the Hydrabad State in the year 1808. " Copy of the instructions furnished the envoy who was deputed to Hydrabad to annul the above treaty. " Copies of the returned letters to the late Nur Ma homed Chief' Ameer of ilydrabad alluded to in the Go vorn,r-General's dispatch to the Secret Committee, under date 21st Feb., 1838. •• Copies of other unpublished letters from Nur Ma homed abcut the same time explanatory of his unwillieg ness to : ccede to the Governor -General's proposals. " Copy of the unpab.ished portion of the Sccr4ury to the Governor-General's letter to the Resident of Snide, under date 6th September, 1838. "Statement of the respective portions of territory, which were guaranteed by separate treaties to the Hydra bad Ameers by the treaty of the 11th March, 1839. " List of the Ameers who have teen consigned to exile, showing the stipends which they have from time to time received." Colonel DICKINSON said—l regret Mr. Chairman, that among my reasons for this delayed motion in favour of the Ameers of Sinde, I should have occa sion to bring so prominently forward the apparent disregard of those reiterated assurances from the chair that measures had been taken, and would ho persevered in, with the view of obtaining fur these still exiled princes that redress to which their un merited suffering s gives them such an all-powerful claim, as will more fully appear by the following brief' recapitulation of our proceedings to which I allude:—Under date Sept. 23, 18-16 The Chairman said that possibly the choice of the Hon. Mover might be obtained without pressing his motion to a division. He perhaps desired to know what had been done in reference to the subject of his motion. Ile (the Chairman) would therefore state that a dispatch had been forwarded some time since, calling for the opinion of the Government of India upon the en tire question—upon the whole state of affairs with regard to Sinde. The war in the Punjaub had intervened, and, without doubt, had prevented an answer being returned. Since its conclusion,, the Court had reiterated the call, and at no distant period they looked for a reply. As soon as such communication should arrive it would become the subject of the most serious and anxious deliberation on the part of the Court. Under these circumstances, he trusted that the Hon. Proprietor might not deem that his duty required him to persevere in the motion, end that the statement which bad been made would, in the pre:.ent state of the proceeding, be regarded as satisfac tt ry. Under date Dec. 16, 1846-- The Chairman said he could state nothing definitely now. All he could say was, that the question bad ens gaged, and was still engaging the serious attenlitai of the Court of Directors. —The Court then on the motion adjourned. And under dire Sept. IS that The Chairman believed the Court of Directors would be found te be justified in the course they had ben pursuing. —The Court adjourned at four o'clock. Increased as the difficulties are against which myself and more able coadjutors have to contend, by what appears such systematic deception on the part of those who invited, and on whom we accordingly reposed so large a degree of confidence, we, nevertheless have the satisfaction to know that there is in this most righteous cause a principle of vitality, if I may so speak, which is well calculated to keep alive hope, and to animate us to continued exertion ; and for this advantage we are, Mr. Chairman, immeasurably in debted to the body over which you so ably preside ; for it is notorious that you did, after a long and patient consideration of all the circumstances attending the con fiscation of the Sinde principality, record your conscientious belief that the wrongs thereby inflicted on these princes were alike inexpedient, unjust, and impolitic. Keeping in mind, gentlemen, this most important fact, and that whenever this Court has been moved to consider the claims of these princes, not one of our executive ever came forward to palliate, much less to justify, that most arbitrary decree which has consigned them to dethronement, spo liation, and exile—an exile, as observed by the late Premier, in the more recent case of one of the Ceylon conspirators, worse than death itself, and of the soul-rending effects of which, upon the Ameers, some idea may be formed from their remark to Sir George Arthur in one of his humane endeavours to mitigate the bitterness of their woe, "we would rather dwell under a tree in our own land than in palaces among strangers"—keeping in mind, likewise, Mr. Chairman, that when again and again invited so to do, not one of your colleagues ever attempted to rebut any one of the arguments advanced by my honourable friend Mr. Sullivan in that masterly speech which Inow hold in my hand, pronounced by one of your most distinguished members to be among the very best which had ever been delivered within these walls— and in which, after enumerating those friendly con cessions front time to time made by the Ameers to meet the views of the British Government, and the violation of I don't know haw many solemn treaties by the State, which had been so benefited—he trium phantly exonera`ed them from the gravamen of all those charges which had been heaped upon them since the year 1828. Yes, gentlemen, I do hope, with such their claims to your commiseration, that you will second my endeavours in behalf of these friendless victims of our insatiable appe tite for territorial aggrandisement, in the name of whom, and in the name of those millions of our native subjects who have been taught to look to the purity, the collective wisdom, and the independency of this tribunal lent even-handed justice, I ask you to place at our disposal every tittle of documentary evidence which is calculated to awaken a greater interest than has yet been manifested for the fate of these helpless sufferers, and to efface that impression to their disadvan tage, which it has been the sedulous object of the late and present Ministry to create by that astounding declaration of the late Premier, " that the Blue-book contains, substantially and fairly, all that is material to the case ;" whereas, by the papers now moved for it could be shown that the avowed grounds of our first act of aggression against the independency of Sinde as therein justified, are at variance with a . - LONDON, FRIDAY x - :; 74 gl a rta: • DECEMBER 21, 1849. 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Mr. Willson, jun., was also thrown down a flight of steps, but fortunately escaped from any serious injury; and a cat which was asleep under the pipe which burst was blown completely through a square of glass, breaking cue of its legs by the concussion. It is feared the unfor tunate shcpman will never again recover his eyesight, the explosion having blinded him the moment it eccurred, and Mr. Willson's face was so severely burnt that ho was obliged to send immediately for medical assistance. Two other domestics were severely injured. The engines were sent for, but their services were not required, no ignition having taken place. FAT CATTLE.—Some fine specimens of the short horned breed were exhibited in Eccles yesterday. The cattle were bred by Mr. G. Sutcliffe, of the Bridgewater Hotel, Worsley, and fed on the Earl of Ellesmere's Home Farm, and were certainly the finest specimens of their class that have been seen for a long time in that celebrated breeding neighbourhood. The cattle have been purchased by Mr. John Bradshaw, butcher of Eccles, and are intended to be slaughtered by him for the approaching Christmas festivities.—Manehester Guardian. On Monday evening a little boy, of the name of Pickard, between eleven and twelve years of age, while reaching over the side of a boat near the Bonhay, fell over, and though he succeeded in reaching the opposite side of the river, could not effect a landing, and was drowned.—Exeter Flying Post. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Baron ROLFE.) TRIAL OF HUGH SWAN FOR MISDEMEANOUR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After the examination of several other witnesses, the case for the prosecution closed. Mr. JAMES then submitted to the Court that this indictment could not be supported. The charge was founded neon two sections of the sth and 6th Victoria, which Act be should contend, so far as this charge was concerned, was repealed by the 12th and 13th Victoria, known as Lord Brougham's Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act. By the first section of that Act it was enacted, that from and after its coming into effect all other Acts and parts of Acts, except as re garded certain particulars to be mentione I in a schedule to the Act annexed, should be and were re pealed. Now he found by the schedule referred to that this Act of the sth and 6th Victoria was among those that were repealed, except those portions re. lating to the appointment of commissioners, the pay ment of their expenses, and other matters, none of which had the slightest reference to any criminal charge of this description or any other ; and . he sub mitted, therefore, that this case must fall to the ground, the Act of Parliament upon which it was based being clearly repealed by the subsequent and existing statute. Mr. PARRY, on the same side, urged that it being perfectly clear that the sth and 6th Vict. was repealed, except as regarded the exceptions mentioned in the schedule, the only question was whether "any of these exceptions applied to the present case; and it appeared to him that the only point which would re quire a word of observation was with reference to the first section of the new Act, which except .d the re cavery and appropriation of any peamty for any offence committed under the Act. He should, how ever, contend that this clearly was only intended to apply to the pecuniary penalties fixed by several sec tions of the Act, and that the word " penalty " could never properly be construed to extend to the punish ments of transportation or imprisonment. Mr. GLARKSON, in support of the indictment, said he should contend that the 12th and 13th of Victoria kept alive all the liabilities to which bankrupts were subject by the previous Act of Parliament, and he felt convinced that the Court, when it saw that every one of the previous provisions was re-enacted in this statute, would be slow in coming to a conclusion of so mischievous a character, as that immunity was to be given to wrong-doers between the period of the repeal of the old statute and the re-enactment of the new one. According to his construction of the latter statute, it was intended to keep alive all the matters relating to bankruptcy until the Act itself came into operation on the 11 th of October; and unless their Lordships should be of opinion that the Legislature intended there should be a hiatus, or that it was a casus omissus on their part, it appeared to him they could not decide that the present indictment was bad. The Learned Counsel then referred to that portion of the new Act relati ng t o the recovery of pe na lti es , an d he submitted that puni s hment of any descripti on might reasonably be inferred to come within the term " penalty. Mr. HUDDLESTONE also addressed their Lordships. He said, the point was one of very great importance; because, if the Court should give a decision adverse to the prosecution, the effect of it would be to give complete impunity for every offence of the same cha racter that was committed prior to the 11th of October, when the new Act came into operation. The Learned Counsel concluded by suggesting that the point might be reserved for consideration by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Mr. JAMES made a brief reply. He said they had no right to enter into any discussion as to the objects or intentions of the Legislature ; and the only ques tion was, as it appeared to him, whether in the hurry with which legislation was sometimes carried on, there had not been an omission which created the present difficulty. With regard to the suggestion that the point should be argued before the Court of Appeal, he was sure their Lordships would not put the defendant to the expense and inconvenience that would be entailed upon him by such a course if, as he entertained a confident opinion was the case, their Lordships should think that the indictment was not legally sustainable. The Learned Judges having conferred together, Mr. Justice CoLERinGs delivered the judgment of the Court. He sail that this was no doubt an import ant case with regard to its consequences, but at the same time, when the Judges sitting in that Court saw no reason for delaying their decision, and the point ap peared perfectly clear to them, he did nut think they ought to reserve it for the Court of Appeal. There was no doubt in his own mind, nor, he believed, in that of his learned brother, that this indictment could not be sustained. It was clear that if it could be sustained at all, it must be upon the sth and 6th Victoria, because the alleged offence was committed before the passing of the 12th and 13th Victoria, and in the latter Act there was no retrospective clause. The question that then arose was whether the Act of the sth and 6th was repealed. By the Act of the 12th and 13th Victoria, every one of the previous Bankruptcy Acts was repealed, and among them the sth and 6th, with the exception of certain portions, which were mentioned in the schedule. He then looked at the schedule, and it w as p er f ec tl y c l ear th a t none of the matter s there referred to could by possi bility apply to the present case. It was said that there was a saving clause, by reason of the recovery of penalties being reserved; but it appeared to him that the term " penalty" could not be con strued to apply to such an indictment as this, or to the consequences that attached to it. It was possible that the difficulty had arisen accidentally from the penning of the new Act of Parliament, but with that they had nothing to do. It was the duty of the Court to take care that no criminal offence was created, and that no person should be punished for such an offence, unless under the clearly expre sse d sanction of the Legislature ; and the Court, therefore, upon these grounds, were of opinion that the present indictment could not be sustained. Mr. Baron ROLFE said, that after the observations of Mr. Justice Coleridge it was hardly necessary for him to add any remarks, but on a point of so much importance he thought it right to say that he quite concurred with him in the decision he had given. The statute in question was distinctly declared to be repealed, and none of the exceptions applied to the present case. It was no doubt, an omission on the part of the Legislature, but with that the Court had, nothiqg whatever to do. When the Act, known as Sir Robert Peel's Act, was brought for ward, and which repealed a vast number of other Acts of Parliament, care was taken to avoid this difficulty, for there it was expressly enacted, that, although certain Acts of Parliament were repealed, yet that any offence committed before the new Act came into operation should be punished as heretofore, and this obviated every difficulty, as but for this enactment there would have been com plete impunity, as in the present instance, for all offences that were ccramitted between the period of the repeal of the former Acts and the coming into operation of the new one. A similar difficulty to the present arose when the Binkruptcy Act of the 6th Geo. IV. was passed, as the very same mistake was made, and the Judges at that period came to the same decision the Court had to day. It was unne cessary fur him to . go again over the grounds that had been mentioned by Mr. Justice Coleridge in coming to that decision, and he would merely repeat that he entirely concurred in it. The jury then, under his Lordship's direction, re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. KJNEALEY said he appeared on behalf of a defendant named Lake, who was charged with an offence under the same Act of Parliament. The case had been postponed to the next session, but, after the decision their Lordships had come to, he trusted they would at, once dispose of it, and not permit the de fendant to remain in custody. Mr. CLARKSON said he appeared for the prosecutor, and his attorney was not present; but still, after the opinion that had been expressed by their Lord ships, he did not think he ought to oppose the ap plication. MRS. MARGAREt' - iIiiiITLAND, OF SUNNI' SIDE. Written by Herself. The most gratifying work of its class since the great delineator of `coltish manners erase t to write." Tait's Magazine. "We hive read this book with unusual ple.isure. It has pints of merit which may compare with Miss Ferrier, Galt, Lockhart, and Wilson."—Examiner. This story creates an abiorb;m; inturest by the deep mid masterly touches of nature with whi li it abounds."--John " Our readers will enjoy this work —its genuine nationality of tone and sentiment, Its refined and poetic Immelinoss, and its strokes of quiet humour."—Scotsman. Baron RoLrE said he thought this was the proper course. If the indictment was preferred under the same Act of Parliament it was quite clear that it could not be sustained. The defendant, William Lake, was accordingly placed at the bar, and no evidence being offered against him, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. This- closed the business of the session, and the Court adjourned to Monday, Jan. 7. NEW COURT. William Baugh, a letter sorter, was convicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing two letters containing money and postage stamps. BAPTISMAL REGENERATION AGAIN.--Another re vol.ing scene was perpetrated in the churchyard of Chard on Wednesday, the 12th instant. A child of respectable parents, living in South Chard, was con veyed to the churchyard for Christian burial, when, to the astonishment of the beholders, the corpse was put into the ground like a dog, because, as it had not bean christened, the curate would not perform any service over it, nor allow the bell to be tolloch—Sherborne Journal, EAST INDIA HOUSE. __- A quarterly general Court of the East India Com pany was held on Wednesday ; Sir A. Galloway, in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN announced that he hail received a letter from Major-General 'neck well, acknowledgin g tie receipt of the resolution of thinks adopted at a Court held in April last, to the officers, &c, eng,a3eil in the victory of the Punjaub. The letter was read by the clerk. The CHAIRMAN then acquainted the Court that with reference to certain proceedings et the last general Court, he had to state that copies of the minute of Sir Charles Metcalfe, relative to the right of native princes to adopt a son or successor, together with sine other papers on the same subject, had been laid on the proprietors' table; els° a list of superannua tions that had been granted since the last Court to the company's servants in England. The CHAIRMAN lastly informed the Court that the warrants for the payment of the half-yearly dividend on the company's stock would be due and payable on the 7th of January next. The preliminary business having been disposed of, the CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. Sullivan to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. M. LEWIN rose to order, and claimed a right to bring for ward his motion which had been post poned from the last Court day. The CHAIRMAN said the Hon. Proprietor had given no proper notice of his motion. Mr. LEWIN contended that the intimation which he gave at the last meeting was a sufficient notice. He denied the right of the chairman to decide, and said he would not give way. The chairman was only an individual proprietor like himself; and he had no right to take functions upon himself which belonged only to the Court.—(Cries of " Order, order.") The CHAIRMAN said he would put an end to the discussion by 'calling upon the secretary to read the minutes of the last Court in relation to the question. The minutes were read, from which it appeared that the notice in question had been postponed, and that no notice of renewal having been given, it had dropped as a matter of course. Mr. LEWIN still insisted upon his right to address the Court; but he was received with cries of " order," and " chair." The CHAIRMAN thereupon appealed to the Court, whether further discussion of the question was not a waste of time.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Lewin having resumed his seat, THE SEPOYS IN THE MADRAS CAVALRY. Mr. SULLITAN then, in pursuance of a notice he had given , proceeded to m ove " Th a t cop i es o f all correspondence relative to a court-martial held on the sth of September, 1844, on certain Sepoys of the 6th Madras Cavalry, be laid before this Court, and copies of all opinions given by law officers on the subject." It might be asked, why he mixed himself up in the troubled waters which had been first stirred up by his Honourable Friend Mr. Lewin ; but he would frankly tell the Court that it was because ;his Hon. Friend who from his entrance into the public service had been an able, upright, and honourable man, had, by his unfortunate language, rendered himself so ob ' noxious in that Court, that even if he had an angel's cause to plead he would be unable to do him justice. From the character of the discussion which had taken place on this subject at the last Court, it appeared to him that the Chairman and the Court of Directors were ignorant of the real merits of the case ; still, if it was asserted the law officers of the company had given an opinion in favour of the course adopted with regard to the Sepoys, namely, that they were liable to be brought to trial any time within three years after the offence, the production of those opinions would at once justify the Indian Government. It was therefore their interest to bring them forward at once and give them all possible publicity. So far as his impression went, the opinion of the Commander in • Chief was directly opposed to that of the law officers, if indeed they had ever given such an opinion as that he referred to. His own view, though he was no lawyer, was, that if a soldier com mitted an offence on the Ist of January, and returned to his duty, and had his arms and accoutrements re stored to him on the 3d January, he could not after wards be brought to trial for that offence. If there actually existed so material a difference between the opinion of the Commander -in - Chief and that of the law officers, the sooner they were reconciled the better. Another point to which he should direct the attention of the Court was the legality of the court-martial by whom the men had been tried. They were entitled, under the Articles of War, to a certain proportion of native officers ; but this proportion had not been in cluded in the members of the Court. The charge was that they had taken an illegal oath; yet it appeared they had for a considerable period been permitted to perform all the duties of soldiers. Cui Bono, an agi tation in relation to the proceedings of a court-martial held so many years ago ? His reply was the vast im portance to the tranquillity and good government of India, of all their servants, military as well as civil, being well affected towards the company, and of there being not even the appearance of illegality or injustice. If the agitation was in any way mischievous, the Court of Dir ec t ors were t h emselves only to blame, inasmuch as they had taken no steps to have the sub ject thoroughly investigated at the proper time. Mr. MALCOLM LEWIN said he rose to second the motion of his Hon. Friend Mr. Sullivan, and in doing so he would not detain the Court at any great length. In the first place, the cause of this meeting had not been explained. The Governor of Madras withheld from the Sepoys their accustomed pay, and imme diately after that the Sepoys made a passive resis tance. This lasted until measures were taken to repress it, and the Sepoys after a while were recon ciled on the arrival of the Division officer, General Watson, the complaints of the men having been lis tened to, and their pay restored. An order of the Commander-in Chief, under the date of the 2d of November, 1844, was in these terms " With the pre sentation of these arzes (petitions to General Watson, which the Sepoys had been desired to present) the excitement commenced to subside, and an order which had been dispatched by the Government the moment the error which had been committed by the Pay Department was known, having been published the same day, cancelling the previous order for the dis continuance of the batta, the men gradually returned to their duty." Here they had a plain statement that the men returned to their duty on the mistake about their pay being corrected. Most people would have thought that the regiment having returned to their duty, that circumstance would have been taken as a means of conciliating them. But no • the men were kept to perform the services of the Government for four months longer, and still further they were kept perfectly unconscious of the fate which was awaiting them all that time. So soon as it was found that the men had returned to their duty a letter was addressed by the Commander-in Chief to the Regiment in these words:—" The Commander-in-Chief has received the Brigadier's (Watson) letter of the 10th' of December, with Major Lichfield's (the commander of the regiment) of the Bth of December enclosed. The Commander-in-Chief is happy to understand from these circumstances that the men of the 6th Light Cavalry have returned to their duty, and that they appear to be sensible of their late misconduct. But as his Lordship cannot allow the regiment, under the reproach of such unworthy and unsoldierlike beha• viour, to continue at a station where it might be required for employment on actual service, he has ordered it to be sent into cantonment at Arcot." Now, there was a clear punishment which the regiment had incurred in consequence of the dis obedience of orders. It was considered to have com mitted a breach of duty, and therefore that it could not be employed on another service. Both within and without the regiment it was thought that the letter of the Commander-in-Chief, written by the Deputy Adjutant-General, had disposed of . the whole case, and that nothing more would have been heard about it. It was perfectly clear, after the matter had been thus disposed of in a regular way, there was no law authorising their being tried again. His Hon. Friend, Mr. Sullivan, had referred to a case where a man had been tried three years after the commission of his offence, but that was only the case of a man who had had no opportu nity of being tried before. The offences of these men were very well known, and it was clearly laid down by Simmons that these men could not be tried again. It was perfectly clear there was an opportunity of trying them in the first instance, seeing that they passed through a country where there was an abun dance of soldiers, just after the offence with which they were charged had been committed. But nothing was done. The men were kept in a state of perfect unconsciousness of what fate awaited them. Some of the men who were guilty of this mutiny were brought forward and punished for a minor offence, and by the mere accident of being so punished for that minor offence they had escaped the greater punishment. Major OLIPHANT—Had any individual been singled out, or was the whole regiment charged with disorderly conduct. Mr. LEWIN could not say—(Hear, hear)—but it was perfectly well known who were the offenders, as some of them had gone to Captain Byng's quarters, which was distinctly mentioned as the chief gravamen of their crime. These men were tor nine months em- Mr. WEaDING opposed the resolutions, on the ground that the Court of Proprietors was not a proper tribunal to review the sentence of a court martial. lle had no doubt that tin Noble Lord whose conduct was complained of had acted under a due and imperative sense of duty. The CHAIRMAN said this was the third time this subject had been debated before the Court of Proprie tors ; but if ever there was any question unsuitable for discussion in such an assembly, this was one.— (Hear, hear.) The discipline of the Indian army was too precious to be sacrificed by being exposed before a tribunal which had not the means, and never was intended to have the power, of entering upon ques tions of this great importance. With regard to mili tary discipline, the Commander-in-Chief had absolute power. An offence of a very serious character had been committed by a native regiment, which had previously distinguished itself, and the Governor- General recommended, in consequence, that it should be disbanded. The Marquis of Tweeddale, who was an old soldier, however, knew it was impossible the whole regiment could be guilty of so abominable a crime as that imputed to them, and be, in consequence of that opinion, declined to dis- ployed under the orders of the Governor in doing duty . on the frontier, where their services were particularly required, and had they not rendered those services others must have been called in to perform them, lie I (Mr. Lewin) said there was something of a disgusting character in the fact of the Government, who were meditating the destruction of these men, reaping the benefit of their services. On the men re turning to their duty the thing was at an end; but then the question arose whether they were guilty of mutiny ? So soon as they were paid they showed a readiness to return to their duty, and the Government should have shown a readiness to perform their duty. The Mutiny Act, which engaged the services of the soldier, guaranteed the payment of those services. Was it the weaker party only that was bound by a contract ? Let the Court look at the ,ca,e of the Nottingham rioters, which took place the o ler day. Those men committed a ten times higher offence than the Sepoys in question, and yet were only punished with three months' imprisonment. But these Sepoys were put on their ;trials for life, and two of them were shot. They were tried by a court (which required thirteen members) composed of no more than seven, a junior Major being President of a court appointed to try an issue affecting the lives of seventeen of his fellow-creatures. Very different was the treatment received by Captain Byng, an officer of the regiment, whose trial fol lowed that of the Sepoys, the charge against him not involving an issue of life. In the case of that officer, the court-martial was composed of thirteen members, the President being a distinguished Peninsular General, who commanded a division of the army at the time. That being so, it was very clear that they had one law for the natives, and another for Euro peans.—(Hear, bear.) Major OLIPHANT — Captain Byng was tried by his peers. The CHAIRMAN—The law has a privilege. Mr. LEWlN—Admitting that to be so, was the native soldier entitled to a less privilege ? There was another point which had been referred to by Mr. Sullivan. There were two of those Sepoys shot for administering illegal oaths to their comrades. There was no such overt act mentioned in the charge on which they were tried. Not a word on the subject occurred in the articles framed against them. It was, therefore, clear that those men had been tried for one offence and shot for another. There was another point:to which he thought it right to call the attention of the Court—that was the Special Court held at Arcot preliminary to the court-martial, which he (Mr. Lewin) contended had vitiated the whole case for the prosecution. Then there was the counter decision of Lord Gough, the Cominaeder-in- Chief in India. Suppose there were two judges in the Court of Queen's Bench, and one of them gave a de cision by which a prisoner had been saved, would another judge, having a co ordinate jurisdiction, be justified in hanging that prisoner ? If he did so, he (Mr. Lewin) apprehended he would be guilty of a high offence, for which he would have to answer at the bar of justice. Besides, the Sepoys had not the advantage of counsel to plead in their deftnee. During the trial of Colonel Bell, it might be known to the members of the Court, that all the officers had counsel assigned them by the Government, and the proceedings were all public; but it was far otherwise in the case of those Sepoys, and every man of them was in consequence victimised. But if there was one circumstance which called for the attention of the Court more than another, it was the proceedings preliminary to the trial. The emissaries of the Marquis of Tweeddale were sent up to Arcot to get up the evidence, but when they pro ceeded to investigation they could not get at all the evidence they wanted. They had native officers before them and interrogated them as to their knowledge of this mutiny. Those native officers who were under articles of war would have been guilty of the offence of death if they had ac knowledged their guilt in the transaction; so they said they knew nothing at all about it. A letter of the Commander-in-Chief, written by the Deputy- Adjutant-General of the Army, of the date of the 14th of August, 1844, states that "they (the native officers) have given information, some more some less, but none have stated any thing worth knowing." That was a splendid specimen of the rhetoric of the Marquis of Tweeddale. After wards six of those officers were dismissed without trial for not having stated " any thing worth knowing." Then there was a body of dragoons and others sta • tinned round th e pl ace o f tr i al, by which the men's minds were intimidated, and that was called a court martial. Besides, if these men had been allowed counsel, not a single witness who appeared against them would have been allowed to be heard ; the evidence would have been rejected on the ground of its having been suborned. So intent was Lord Tweeddale on finding the men guilty, that he passed an order, with respect to the native officers wbo could not state anything worth knowing, which was directly contrary to law, and there was no precedent. of a native commissioned officer being dismissed the service without a trial before a court-martial. Lord Tweeddale, however, made it out by a trick that these men were dismissed by an order of the Government, and that the Go vernment had given their consent toit. The circumstances which preceded the trial should be noticed, because they plainly proved that the Sepoys had not the slightest opportunity for defending them• selves. Their relations were refused admission to them, and they had not a list of the witnesses given them, which they ought to have had. Simmons, who has writtenl on the law of courts-martial, says it is incumbent on both the prosecutor and the accused to give a list of witnesses. He says— " Unless there were some sufficient reason to justify its being withheld, it would not bo in accordance with the existing practice of the service to refuse the prisoner a list of the witnesses for the prosecution ; the almost universal practice is to give it as a matter of course." Again he says— "As the prisoners' witnesses, if duly summoned, must be known to the Judge-Advocate, it follows that to place the parties on a footing, affording to each op portunities of questioning and supporting objections to the competency of witnesses, the witnesses to support the prosecution should be made known to the prisoner,." —Simmons, p. 170. All these men were afterwards sent to Madras to endure their transportation. At a very early period the Madras Government appeared to have become aware of the illegality of the sentence passed on the Sepoys, for when they were sent as convicts to Madras, and it became known that a writ of habeas corpus was likely to issue, they were suddenly removed without the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Now, after that the men had returned to their duty under the circum stances which had been stated, the placing them on their trial was not only in contravention of numerous precedents, but one of these precedents had been furnished by the Marquis of Tweeddale himself in.his decision on the case of private Shekh Aly of the 30. b regiment of Native Infantry. Shekh Aly was tried by a native general court-martial for sleeping on his post. The Court found him guilty, but accompanied their decision with the following remark :—" The Court begs most respectfully to bring to the notice of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, that it appears in evidence that the prisoner was allowed to return to his post after having been found asleep on it, and that he was released from confinement." The Commander-in-Chief afterwards disapproved of the proceedings altogether, and, indi cated by the following extract from a letter under his hand of the 28th of December, 1842, that the Court had been wrong in passing any sentence :—" Under the circumstances (said his Lordship) which appear in evidence, of the prisoner having been placed in the main guard for the present offence, and subsequently released, and permitted to return to his duty, I con sider that he was improperly brought to trial for an offence which had been previously disposed of, and consequently withhold my approval from these proceedings; and I have to express my surprise that the officer commanding the 30th Regiment Native In fantry, with a knowledge of the facts, should have recommended the trial of the prisoner." Mr. Lewin concluded by saying, be should never quit this sub-1 ject until justice had been done. N ° . 17,8G0.]