The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-29 00:00:00

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" Who runs may read." ful • FOREIN. by ce riots have taken place at Philadelphia, caused been on it;,°t'llle m isunderstanding between the native inhabitants killed churches eit ' v tl?e .n Irish population. The Americans burnt down two wheOunenddede.ighty houses, and fifty people had receiv e d Saturday e ven i ng the King and Queen of t h e F renc h 1 /4 the B raz ili an Minister, Generals de Preval, Latour -441,r -; ?urg, and D u Roure, Counts de Segur, Saint-Priest , - vub B aron de Talleyrand, M. Franck Cane, and Rabien Mav th or of Eu. Prince de Joinville went to Compiegne, as has been announced," says the Constitutionnel, " he did not re- Zal tu there long, for he was at the theatre on Friday, and on I ,,TaY be visited the Exhibition of National Industry." n_ prefect of the Seine, Count de Rambuteau, gave a Zflqo_diriner on Saturday, at the Hotel de Ville, to the mem -1 r the jury ef the Exhibition of National Romanslndutry." Archbishops P L °Pe has addressed a letter to the Catholic Whi ch are and Bishopi, calling their attention to the efforts ti eu i i are being made by various Bible Societies, and par reli being the Christian Society of New York, to produce Antis dissent in Italy. 414 of Bavaria arrived at Florence on the 14th, and ed at the Pitt Palace, where apartments had been pre or 1 , r r 6 th fohis reception. His Majesty was to leave on . the 15 th r Tw o E R °me at Ant English families, who arrived on Thursday evening de nt w ell) from London, were so alarmed by the late aces trusiell the i railroad, that they determined to proceed to one o f w ith post-horses. Before they arrived at Vilvorde, it_ their carriages was overturned into the canal, and the ,itt e e were saved with difficulty. Are.;l-113iseires and clergy of Paris generally waited upon the in th e s n° P of Paris last week, to protest against a . passage peech of M. Persil, in the Chamber of Peers, in which ep4 uK e of dissensions between the inferior clergy and the e c Y' itffitte, the banker, died at Paris on Sunday, aged 77. got t r uol the heavy falls of rain on Monday and Tuesday beio, al , l „" the bears in the Garden of Plants were nearly the 7,`" ° "lled. The drains of their fosses becoming choked, ater rose, and the poor animals no other means of let their lives than by climbing thedead trees that are i\E,.l:e,re for their exercise and recreation. felt le c rn from Naples, May 15, that the alarm which was thr eait '''cily as to the crops, owing to the drought which h.' ref n ' - ' 1 famine, has ceased, abundant rains having fallen 'WI the earth and promote vegetation. th LAW AND POLICE. th e Sheriffs' Court, a special commisioq was held, issued .„_, e suit of the Crown, by the Commissioners of Excise, swat w as the estate of the late Mr. Edward Hall Campbell, who at N a Cl;Miler and rectifyer, carrying on an extensive business kao ewe astfe-n,pon-Tyne, for alleged frauds upon the revenue, unting to la 471/. Ils. 7d. The jury found for the whole ' 46l lnt Wan claimed by the Exchequer. Id of Shields, was an , Clough, master of the brig Bo en, nt of 41 4 , mined at the Mansion House, to answer the c . omplai l oge rL ult ißg for having unlawfully detained him a month h,""all Was necessary for the discharge of the cargo of defend --4 'g in the port of London. The Lord Mayor gave the pay allt a day to answer the question, whether he" would Vo l k r an for a voyage and a half; if he did not, the law be 4oh a Plt in for ce aga inst him. 1d ilaat °tlc, I ,„ l i vart, the mate of the ship Alexander, from Ros enarged at the same office with having been - on up 111,14 /essel, -with the knowledge that she had stowed ii i c r nougst her cargo a large quantity of tobacco, made tree, ia ) ParOgis, each of which weighed a pound. Two of the chat been committed a few days before, upon a similar "'feed * he mate was not brought up with' the convicted ca t , t4r nts, be cause a e the inconvenience likely to arise from teas ta 'llg , d al ! officer so - prominently engaged in the vessel. It Mr Davis, one of the revenue o . fficers, that 4 of 'the to . blicco used in the metropolis is smuggled. A21E4 . ' 0 4 ' 8 0 stated that same of the steam-vessels had been 20,000'c'rtY times for carrying smuggled goods, and that k ° l , - 1 P° 1 ,, 14 , 1(15 weight had been lately cleared out of I he k i t , --e ' 4 Dutch cheeses. The penalty of 100/. was inflicted. atermen's Company have 'taken out a summons 3 ' fth fy who was entrusted with the . a er o theme' Lo Sinking of which caused the loss of so many lives ,11Z d , °4 •bridg e • ,:pipl,' Walker.. th collector of the City street-toll at 1 - trn ' t";" 4r, was cia e ged at the Guildhall, with unlawfully the public highway in Fleet-street, by enforcing ef the toll, by forcibly hindering the passage . of a 1 0 ,„ It Ts g tead of forthwith distraining something in, or be te, the cart, as directed by the statute in respect f,o --- ,` t4 by the statute, and as the custom has been in L 'ile a e r toll, created by grants from the Crown, or ens '4A t' tu - 1 - 3 - The ease was heard by Alderman Gibbs, who .‘, 4 • . "ie to consider upon it. it4 Yee tll : t , ll , a,,r , s, a girl only thirteen years of age, with Thos. i tlt a ilsatt Hayes, her parents, who have for many nd wl r t 94 the character of hard-working respectable people, ?re have a f seven children, were brought be rnier nee i e o re-examination at Queen-square, the ch ar g ge lqrat . e for 101. and the two latter It vin. _ . e Lt o 've!th stealing _ The girl was in the ser w`.l,e, of h ir ,l . l s n e iouslreceived it r t h e a rtist. The daughter and father TliZll,ntollted, ta vern d n the mother was discharged. Clar, of South-placo, Hercules-bt . til!lings, ,„7 4 41' 7,„ e , l iarged at Union. hall with committmg a vioie . t , William Parnell, by which his life is placed in ganger H e w as remanded, bail being refused. lt P. eh • . I ,r. h ap arie, Pearson, the City solicitor, attended before t l , ll tine,Thames Police Court, to prosecute an ." °TI against fir. John Alexander, .the master of the alb _ Property, for remaining in the Pool to let °Rel. Liberty anu - the Period than fifteed dal s, contrary to the by-laws b which he had egulationof the port London, -4 P n 1 f each day beyond 'the cttbob. ' ll l4 atY of 201., or 10L, o ffeace the penalty of 40s. w as It being the firq o . , _ erg , od, be rigidly Lied 0 ,, oreed, The law will, it is und I° Th" ecnnt7—RIASIII°II7"". G osvenor- Nl* 41 and Countess .of Wilton have left r _ ec foh Nt p a rk -e Lord Chamberlain's (Earl Delawarr),. B Kin k g r eae r ; ~ near East Grinstead, to meet his Majesty I,":),tewile,'`,.,°.,f,Saxony. The Noble Earl and C?unessreturn t k l l leety and Saturday, having been invited by her Queen to pass the Ascot race week at Windsor 0 14 k 0 of Sutherland, t who went to the Albion Hotel at t. l ' week he by youthful Marquis of Sta . fford t , 1 4 ' 10 1 . th improvement of his Grace's health, is no bilel l -k e t s e4l t ° 'Pet e urn imp to town until early next week. The Th a nd the Ladies Leveson Gower remain in town. t ati, karqui, of _Granby has left S c t ep ia ai m e es c 's h - ar pl l a e c e e t , ,t 1 eral of the late Hon. Stuartt to at- al 4 ,sk t e'r,Y llB Lordship's brother-in-law, whose interment was qrael,„ce yesterday (Tuesday), in the family mausoleum ° "lvet '" astle. The Non. James Stuart Wortley left The h r ' - street on Monday to attend the funeral. t'll4h ed --°wa ger - Countess of Essex had a small and d t isti . n n - e cier- cirele to witness the third representation of Ca 441 00 w e a , 4 "t her ni ion in Belgrave-aquare. The tempo r ary_ th e Placed in the dining-room. It was after twelve Party broke up. tr ° tr M150ZZ1.15.27380Ti ki th % It o 'Y the annual general mee ti ngOf the corporation 1, 4 g-at r . ?al Naval School took place at Willis's Rooms, Yuen f St. James's, for the purpose of receiv . ing the re -10" council for the past year, and to appoint the p.nre tice-President and directors, for the year ensui g t . ' ''bred ee-n g was nu merously attended. From the report th at the -, 1 ~..nc4-..use at New Cross is nearly coin- A nq _ ket i ` 4 _, 41 250 be opened in . August. It is calculated to Pr t ; 4l l4il d .'"Ye. Me donation and subscriptions to the b ai m aice and other fund t soncl ding interest on stock, o ed to nearly 20,0001., from th.ps 74 it i lleal lY 12 P6o B ; e L a d m b een expended on the building, Vtated st . c nd after defraying necess!try ex t . 3 ,0 tiller, re rnaine u d k' at a the bankers 913/. 13s. 9d., in addi 4411itr,u,,oded stock of 7,673/. 195. 7d. r4 f l'' l li th l 4 a v r e oin bee , n ht showers in the course of the Ir eath oo r!, meter is slight showers in the course of the n, l t?r is gradually falling, and by the time of tr er his on Friday, a favourable change in the t elel 18 anticipated F the last ten days it has been ex. i t •Y . t o l d . or I te r , atat, o . dry for the season . . tha fad e b ' the New York Tribune, that a discovery has klu ge 3 7 Mr. Simeon Broadmeadow, of New . York, in Ve• et ure of iron, by means of which the iron . ore is Pig i ll s : r . process::'epad orationse ion . verted into wrought iron without ;) aa ri be Tinto pig-iron, and at a less expense than the • I's have beenmaking for the last fortnight 444:n1.f: tn _ c athedral,,, by pu ti up benches all round for 1 4 r d at p alis Vi Teatival of the Charity School Children of the y ' And as in the City. The rehearsal took place ° yes t°, Ave co nsidering the unpropitious state of the wea \'s4o3W leornin fu llY g. attended. The festivab will take place SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ore thetning, "Lti T TE R SALL' S --YESTERD AT . eserv if so disjointed an affair be d commenced yesterday afternoon in '‘,.:4lleeSllbsri,_Ption Room, and, taking all the circurn iirikeesdinT,.'„ Consideration, proved a much quieter pit4lll hoa l° 'nail We had ventured to anticipate—when Ittp . f:,e,°lllpleted the lawyers alone can tell ; the F.t(1 : .....? : ,°n Which it took place has been already - - ctip ur, ;pose accounts in - wh ed ic_h ,e n r e e it s h e e t r tle ß d u i n n n f i u nl , `'llt nor orlando's name occurr w °ll th,,, l ' l leh as touched either of them, he r , 'mks were involved, stand over, except on ti_We hors balance was showneach of the al t hou g i 1n cases bets It will b iect' °N I -‘).4eB, in which we presume there could not have nstiirall the nted with I °n to pay the smaller amount. . 3 cie 4e Y. occur to any one acquai . l 'est, : ° f betting that a settling, of i s " admit, that could have been determined on) ,vilnieealculated to give the round betters .n . this kind (the_ ., kochil,,s,!,tl(l,_ vantage over the backers of horses,i as on th e 15 -.. the latte r ha ve nothi ng . to do but to , pay, ;er wiNeitaten favourites, and to wait the "law s,,delay"decid 'tig heat ever th ey may chance to win on the 44 ir',, ," 'flaking the book-makers theirliankersfor that7tenmit pariod, and exposed to contingencies hn a t :ill be e very have in the Nothing Well understood by those . w sh4penowledge of Derby settlings. of ter b(se, of 4 4iSpUte occurred, until late in pk rtk 4 nd then only in .consequence of two t 'Jr wi haviny attended 'without the ci wherewithal," en Or lam io fancied because they had betted betty bets the "hree' - preyi g Rein. 'n 'in abeY once. ously would necessarily remai . stage of triati'° and Runnin •- since the race, that the s,t,speak of winners and losers in this tier tle the !Tie nt, would be idle. Some months hence, 1, vinel3B, we may be able to satisfy the curious 2n on. . 1 41. ( p s We should not omit to state that Mr. Uric hiti_c account was entrusted to Mr. F. Clarke,who,consider- 144'0'11e' there Kithome dissentients, made 1, Alogressa it. as . 1 ~14N11,1 O r lando '4l 04 D :ORLANDO.-600 to 500 w , °the ceLtrit?frens. andafterwards 500 and several r betsl a W e ,*l-11-E1 RUNNING REIN CASE. kr, .-1:1. requested by Mr. Gill, the for khii, it " ° l3 cl, the owner of Running Rein, to give i (Coy to the follo statement :.. solicitor , Ity of wingletterro Mr. Gall to the Stewards.) beh44 p the flonourable the Stewards of Epsom Races. _ alf' solicitor for,. and on the part and 44 muncieg. the favour of Wood, r i b kr. Alexander Wood, the owner of Running lreor ge 2 next, to proceed on the objection of the Ilm : your appointing twelve o'clocx 44414 f s en, to the qualification of Running °*() fi t tho 1 k our of two o'clock a the "Me day, Rein , to proceed on the evidence of disqualification to the lathe colt to be offered to the part of Colonel - Peel.—l am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " May 24, 1844. " THOS. GILL. " To Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Baronet, and the Baron de Teissier." Mr. Gill left the above letter with the Baron de Teissier on Friday morning last, and was directed to attend at the Stewards' Stand in the afternoon, at four o'clock, for an answer. Mr. G. accordingly did so, when he was informed by the Baron de Teissier that in consequence of the absence of Col. Peel from the races no appointment could be made ; but that Col. Anson had promised to see Col. Peel, and to send an answer to the Baron de Teissier on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, and Mr. Gill was directed to attend upon the Baron at one o'clock at Epsom. Mr. Gill attended on Saturday accordingly, but the Baron had received a letter stating that no answer could be given until seven o'clock in the evening. At that hour Mr. Gill, with Mr. Wood, again attended upon the Baron de Teissier when the Baron communicated to them a letter, he had received from Colonel Peel, offering to refer the matter to a barrister, to be selected by the Lord Chief Justice, and stating that he had then commenced an action against Messrs. Weatherby, whereupon Mr. Wood declined to agree to such reference, and the objection being superseded. the Baron considered, so far as the Stewards were con cerned, the matter was at an end, and subsequently ent to Mr. Gill, a letter, of which the following is a copy "May 25. " Sir—Having received an intimation from Col. Peel that he has caused notice of action to be served on Mr. Weatherby, we decline further interference with the uestion of the quilification of the horse Running,Rein. And remain, Sir, your obedient servants, " DE TEISSIER, " GILBIRT HEATHCOTE. " To Mr. Gill, solicitor to Mr. A. Wood." LEANDER. That the public may hear both sides of the ques tion, we again refer to this luckless animal, for the purpose of publishing copies of two certificates sent to Tattersall's yesterday afternoon by Mr. Forth. His statement in explanation of the first is to the effect that, in February last, having tried Leander to be a very superior horse, he was anxious to satisfy himself with regard to the rumours that had been circulated concerning his age, and for this purpose had his mouth examined by Mr. Wood, the veterinary sur geon, of Arundel, from whom he received a certificate, bearing his own and his clerk's signatures, that he was only three years old. This appears a strong point in favour of Mr. Forth ; but it is now asked, " Was the horse submitted to Mr. Wood for examination the identical Leander, or an animal, professedly Leander, of the age mentioned in the certificate ?" In a case of so much suspicien, and opposed, as Mr. Wood's opinion is, by those given by Messrs. Field and Bart lett, the strongest corroborative evidence should have been produced. With respect to the removal of the lower jaw, Mr. Forth affirms that, on its being brought to him by Mr. Mitchell, he directed it to be boiled, for the purpose of removing the flesh, and that the jaw was afterwards sealed up, in order to its inspection by Mr. Field, on Saturday. In conclusion, Mr. Forth declares that, from first to last, he has acted upon a conviction that the horse's age was rightly stated, and that, notwithstanding Mr. Field's opinion, he still retains it. The following are copies of the certificates:— " Arundel, May 27, 1844. • "I hereby certify that in the month of February last I examined, privately, at Mr. Forth's request, the horse Leander, and pronounced him to be then three years old. At that time he had a decided three yrs old mouth, and the tusks had not shown themselves. "J. WOOD, S. T. HARMAN." " Worthing, May 20, 1844. " I hereby solemnly declare that I cut the under jaw from Leander, in the presence of several persons, not at the request of Mr. Forth, but thinking, as the horse lay, it was the youngest mouth I had ever seen, I thought it would be a satisfaction to Mr. Forth to show his friends. " J. MITCHELL." (RECEIVED THIS DAT.) MANCHESTER RACES.—TUESDAT. _ _ _ The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added; three yrs old, 6st 41b ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs, Bst 121 b ; six yrs and aged 9st 21b. Mares, &c., allowed 31b. Mile and a quarter. (3 Subs.) Mr. Davison's Lord Saltoun, 3 yrs • (Riley) 1 Mr. Price's Missy, 3 yrs —.4 - Mr. M. Jones's British Tar, 3 yrs . The Manchester Cup of 150 sovs, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. The second to receive 30 sovs. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 4 yrs (Templeman) 1 Mr. Bell's Thirsk, 6 yrs Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs olds, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs, Bst 91b ; six yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. Mares, &c., al lowed 31b. The second to receive 101. Heats, Two miles and a distance. _ Mr. Sutcliffe's Alice, 3 yrs ... Mr. Robert's Miserare, 5 yrs . Mr. M. Jones Phcenix, 3 yrs Mr. 13owes's Saddle-bow, 3 yrs Mr. Dawson's Attorney-General, 4 yrs Only one heat was run in time for post. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Blanche de Valmy is the title of a very interesting two act drama, from the pen of Mr. Bayle Bernard, which was produced at this theatre last evening. The scene of the first act is laid at Strasburgh, in the year 1811, where we find Blanche de Ira - "my (Ma dame Eugenie Prosper), very young, very fasci nating, and very coquettish, residing with her uncle, Colonel Chatillon (Mr. Granby), the commandant of the garrison. Her hand is sought for by all the officers, and she flirts with them all. Captain Franval (Mr. Walton), who is devotedly attached to her, appears for some time to be the favoured suitor. He, however, introduces his friend, Captain St. Hilare (Mr. W. Lacy) to his intended. St. Hilare is fasci nated by her charms, and, on Franval remonstrating with her somewhat harshly, she gives her hand to St. Hilare, and the first act ends with their marriage. .The period of the second act is 1815, just after the second restoration of the Bourbons. Colonel Chatillon, now raised to the rank of general, is appointed commandant of the district of the Rhine, and is accompanied by his nephew and niece, the Count and Countess St. Hilare.' Blanche loves her husband devotedly, but, through the machinations of Franval, St. Hilare has been induced to suspect her truth. From the moment of their union Franval had commenced his scheme of revenge by meetingßlanche everywhere, forcing his attentions on her, writing letters alluding to her former connection, and in sinuating that her affection for him still continued, taking care that these letters shall fall into the hands of St. Hilare, who is driven almost to madness with jealousy, whilst his constant reproaches have produced such an effect upon Blanche as to have reduced her to the brink of the grave. She has entreated St. Hilare to accompany her uncle to the Rhine, and to take her with them, hoping thus to escape the pursuit of Franval. Shortly after her arrival at the inn St. Hilare enters, and charges her with having plotted the excursion for the purpose of meeting Franval, whom he declares he has just met under her window. Her denial of all knowledge of Franval's arrival, her protestations of her love and fidelity to her husband, are all in vain. He rushes out with a brace of pistols, determined to meet Franval, and fight him at once. The silent agony of Blanche, as immediately afterwards the re port of fire-arms is heard, was admirably delineated by Madame Eugenie Prosper. No words could have produced half the effect. They have not met, how ever. The shots had proceeded from soldiers who were firing after various of the proscribed, who were attempting to escape across the Rhine. A list of the proscribed is posted on the inn door. Among the names appears that of Franval ; and all those in the list are to be shot within six hours after their apprehension. Faint and exhausted, Fran val enters the room, and, to her horror, Blanche re cognises in the fugitive, who implores her protection, her former lover. He recognises her also, and de manding pardon of her for the past, is about to sur render himself to the soldiers, who are heard ap proaching without, when she bids him disguise him self in her husband's cloak, and producing her hus band's passport, tells the officer that they are the Count and Countess of St. Hilare, and thus saves him from arrest. The guards leave them. She per ceives her husband approaching, and conceals Fran val in her room. St. Hilare enters. The innkeeper, who has come in for orders, makes some observa tions on his conduct when the soldiers were there. St. Hilare's suspicions are aroused—he orders the innkeeper to leave the room—demands who it was that had assumed his name, and Blanche, choking with emotion, points to the list of the proscribed. He sees the name of Franval ; and rushes towards the room in which she had concealed him ; she struggles to prevent his entrance, and the guards enter and arrest St. Hilare himself as Franval. It is vain that he protests he is St. Hilare—" The Count St.Hilare," says the captain of gensdarmes, "has just been escorted across the Rhine." " Ah, my pass port I" he exclaims ; the unhappy Blanche has given the passport to Franval—to save him she has sacri ficed the life of the husband she adores. The acting of Madame Eugenie Prosper throughout the whole of this trying scene, was the most beautifully touch ing we have ever seen. There was no rant, no noise —all was quiet, but the intensity of her agony w as only the more apparent, and the more harrowing from its very quietness; the quivering lip, the fixed eye, the agonised expression of countenance, bore evidence to the intensity of her anguish, more naturally, more truly, and more effectively than could any of those exagge rated expressions of woe which an inferior artist would have thrown into the part. Madame Eugenie I"rosper showed herself a true artist in her delinea tion of this harrowing scene. Her acting was true tragedy, and tragedy of the very highest order. The opportune entry of General Chatillon, who orders the immediate release of st. Hilare, and the arrival at the same time of a note from Franval, inclosing the pass port, and acknowledging awl craving parclO4 for his THE Sinsi, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1844. former villainy, brings about the denouement by rei storing St. Halle and _Blanche to each - other, and setting at rest the causeless jealousy of the Count. There is a comic underplot admirably supported by Miss Noel as Justine, Blanche's servant, and Oxberry as Pierre, Franval's servant. These two, baying made a match of it, set up an inn, and Pierre, as a rigid Bonapartist, determines, in the evil days of 1815, that if he cannot fight for his Em peror, he will at least charge for him, which he does by making every Royalist pay double for the miser able fare that he sets before them. Madame Pros per was called for at the fall of the curtain, and was received with shouts of applause and showers of bouquets, and the piece was announced for repetition every evening not devoted to opera. This piece well deserves the triumphant success it has met with. It is one of the most interesting dramas that has been produced for a long time, and will, no doubt, run for the remainder of the season. The house was well and fashionably attended. PROPERTY TAX. A Return, showing the Net Amount of Duty collected under each separate Schedule of the Property and Income Tax Act, for the Year ended the sth day of April, 1843. Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Total. A. B. C. D. E. X. a. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. a. d. s. d. s. d. On Assessments made by the Commissioners for General Purposes On Assessments made by the Commissioners for Special • Purposei on Profits of Trade ••• ••• ... 231,837 13 0 231,837 1 3 0 ••• On Dividends of Public An nuities and other Pay ments into the Bank of England, and on Interest on Exchequer Bills, and on Dividends payable out of the Revenue of any Foreign . State ••• •• • On Offices and Pensions as sessed by Commissioners of Departments ... 221,946 11 221,946 11 3 ••• ••• ••• ••• ENGLAND AND WALES... 2,150,412 10 9 298,763 0 0 812,982 13 1 1,466,985 9 8 260,657 11 ,989,801 4 9 SCOTLAND *394,324 10 3 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 25 90 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 14i Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 GE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice 47 Naples ~. 39 Palermo, per cm ll7 Lisbon 54 Oporto 534 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 2s Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight t Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, ?ER oz. Foreign Gold, bars. .f. 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars 0 4 1111 15,384,125 15 0 This Account is made up on the Amount of Duty collected to the sth day of April, 1844, in respect of the year, 1842, ended April, 1843. • The Amount collected in Scotland cannot at present be distinguished in Schedules. Accountant and Comptroller-General's Office, Stamps and Taxes, 21st May, 1844. Total Collection THOS. LIGHTFOOT. A Return, showing the Number of Claims of Exemption under the Property Tax Act received at the Tax-office up to the 20th of May, 1844 ; the Number on which the Duty has been repaid • the Amount of Duty repaid ; the Number of Claims in which Orders hav e b een i ssue d by th e B oar d o f T axes f or discharging the Property of the Claimants from Assessment ; and the Number of Claims now remaining in the Tax-office for Examination and Inquiry. Number of Claims received Number of Claims on which Duty has been repaid 75,500 Amount of Duty repaid Number on which Orders have been issued for discharging the Property of the Claimants from Assessment ...... .. ......... 49,370 Number of Claims remaining in the Office for Examination and Inquiry * Of these about 6,000 claims have been found defective, and returned to the Surveyors for correction or amendment. 'l' These claims will be disposed of during the present week. Special Commissioners' Department, Stamps and Taxes, 21st May, 1844. JOHN FULLER; LORD COTTENII.EiM'S DEBTOR I AND CREDITOR BILL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) There is a disease of the nervous system which is most prevalent in the luxurious and refined periods of civilisation ; it produces such a weakness and effeminacy of mind, as renders the patient unable to bear the sight of immediate pain and trouble, and causes him to sacrifice some of the most important permanent matters, either to himself, or his family, or his country, for the remission of a little present suffering. The affectionate and caressing sympathy which is lavished on horrible murderers, sometimes even by ladies of rank and education, is the most inveterate (but not very uncommon) form of this disease, but its symptoms are generally shown in the anxiety to relieve various classes of evil-doers, as incendiaries, felons, larceners, and insolvent debtors, from the ancient penalties awarded to their several transgressions ; with regard to this last clasS of evil doers, these diseased persons have been so eminently successful, that they have succeeded, after some thirty years' labour, in giving almost complete impunity to all insolvents, no matter what may have been the conduct, "wilful or involuntary, which has caused their insolvency. A public document, on which a legislative measure now in progress through the Lords is founded, is a striking example of this disease, and of its obliterating effects on the moral sense and the judgment. The report of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the Bankruptcy and Insolvency laws, 1840, says page xxiii, " The arrest of a debtor who is wholly insolvent is of no direct use whatever" (observe the crafty intro duction of the word direct—the question is, as to its use, and its indirect use may be very great. If by direct use he meant compensation to him who is in jured, scarcely any evil inflicted on the wrong-doer has any direct use), " and of this nature are the greater number of arrests in execution. An honest debtor who can pay, will do so before the costs of an action are added to his debt" (such a sort of debtor none but a lunatic or a wicked man would sue by law, therefore this remark is only an irrelevance or worse); " or if he be under temporary difficulties, and have his liberty, he will exert himself to procure the means of payment" (and such an one would be rarely pursued by his creditors). " A dishonest debtor will probably avail himself of the facility which the laxity of the present law affords him, to dispose of his property before the hostile creditor is able to seize it," (and, therefore, he will not dispose of his property under a law more lax, such as has lately been made, and under one proposed still more lax. under the Commissioners' recommendation !) " The practical effect of the law of arrest or final process, combined with the insolvency law, is the im prisonment of numbers merely to be discharged, without opposition at the end of a few weeks," (and, tnerefore, don't imprison them at all, intimates this remark—would it not be more salutary, how ever, to imprison many weeks ?) " the conse quence is misery, waste of funds, and multiplied frauds and perjuries" (always the consequence when ill• doing men are liable to punishment), " whilst no benefit arises to the creditor" (which is just the ques tion in dispute); " the arrest, imprisonment, expense, are ruinous to the debtor" (which is the sad result of all punishment) ; "in short, the ordinary consequence is, disappointment and loss to the creditor, destruc tion to the debtor" (the common result when men injure their neighbours, and when the injured seek protection at expensive and imperfect tribunals, an argument for the improvement of these tribunals, not for their abrogation). It is needful that error like this should be sup ported by some evidence, and let—not the trading people, the intelligent and practical merchants and men of the world—but any young gentleman much within his teens, read the evidence and blush that grave and dignified men in high places can be allowed to write, unreproved such incoherence, on which, too, laws are to be, and have been founded, which have and will continue to confiscate millions of treasure, claimed by honest men at the hands of idlers, spend thrifts, and rogues, who, under the guise and pro mise of honesty, were believed on their solemn promise to pay. The report goes on to say : 'hat this has been the case since the abolition of arrest on mesne-process, is most fully borne out by returns, which have been produced before us. By a return made to us from the Court of Relief of Insol vent Debtors, it appears, that from the Ist Oct. 1838, to December, 1839, being fourteen months— " The number of Town cases was, Of these there were out of custody before the day of hearing (was this because in the interim they had settled with their creditors ?) ....... . Discharged opposed (because the creditor had failed of legal proof?) Discharged unopposed, because of the ex pense, and therefore additional loss and un certainty of obtaining a remand ;* or rather, as is too often the case, the detain ing creditor is satisfied as t o his debt, on condition that he shall not oppose, while by the discharge all other debts are cancelled . • Of the opposed remanded for punishment... Country cases during the same period Of these, there were out of custody before the day of hearing (see above) Discharged unopposed.—lt is an easy way to pay debts amounting to 1,0001. by getting a friend to arrest, paying him in full, some 201., chancing the non-inter ference (almost certain) of the other cre ditors, and thus getting whitewashed Discharged opposed (the Judge being a mer ciful man ?) _ _ •••• since all punishment (nearly) is removed by the, mock humanity of the law? If the law-making class were addicted to picking pockets after the Fleet street fashion, as they are addicted to getting into debt, i. e., picking pockets after the,Oxford and Cam bridge fashion, the lawyers would soon have made a report, with a table something like the following:— Number of persons taken into custody on. charges of larceny Discharged by the magistrate for many reasons, as—that the evidence was not sufficiently technical to justify committal; that the prosecutor did not appear ; that the accused pleaded great t distress, was a very interesting young woman, or was a man with a wife and six small children, ill of typhus, or the prisons were full, or because the magistrate was a man who had a feeling heart for the " unfortunate" who did wrong (not who suffered wrong) Of the remainder who were committed, bills were ignored by the grand jury, chiefly because the prosecutor did not appear, that is, they were unopposed Of those sent to take their trial, many were found not guilty, because of some defect in the form of the indictment; or, again, because the prosecutor did not appear—or a witness had broken down, bullied by. Counsellor P—; or the judge was care less, and did not clearly charge the jury ; or because the jury were chiefly humanity mongers, who would not convict a fellow creature, and send him to prison for some months to keep company with bad people ; thus, in the end, of the original number accused, there travelled on to punishment only . . l4l Thus, because of 1,679 captions, only 141 travelled past the various bye-ways of escape, and reached the goal ; therefore it is proved that the punishment of lar ceny is useless, and ought to be abolished I Let the vengeful prosecutor be satisfied that the law has granted him a . cessio bonorum,—a return of his watch if found on the person of the thief, or else a nulla bona; but for the poor unfortunate thief, why send him to pri son, to get his morals corrupted, and moreover prevent his getting "a chance of a bit of bread for his Nancy and the kids." 1,679 1,147 It is very remarkable that a man of the high intel lect and probity of Lord Cottenham should have been misled by this childish report of the Commis sioners; but it may be taken as a melancholy proof of the sporadic character of this class of Neuroses. The best treatment fur it, as far as research has yet gone, consists in abundant exercise in the open air, and nutricious diet, neither slops nor stimulants, the pressure on the brain is by these means relieved, and its firmness of substance restored ; while the diseased trains of ideas are best broken by study of the early English writers, such as South, Fuller, and Milton, and, above all, by the study of the Holy Scriptures. • A creditor lately opposed a man in the Court at Exeter who owed him 201., at a charge of 9/., and got nothing but a remand for six months ; thus losing by his public spirit, not 20/., but 29/. Creditors do not arrest for vengeance, but they press and press, to get all they can out of an unwilling deb tor, of whose real ability to pay they have no possible means of knowing, and when he has allowed himself to be taken to prison, they infer that he really cannot pay, or rather, that he cannot be' made to pay, but by further process too expen sive and laborious for them to hazard. LIT ERATURE.I THE TRIUMPHS OF TIME. B of three tales, The " Triumphse n Ben tley/ , , Time" co ns consists all of which are written with a certain degree of spirit and intelligence, though the longest, entitled " The Previsions of Lady Evelyn" is, in some of its leading incidents so improbable, that much of the in terest, which would otherwise attach to it, is de stroyed. We allude, more especially, to not a few of the scenes which take place in the household of Lord Glenmore, where the young hero, Gerald James, is domesticated as a tutor, and which, though highly wrought up, have certainly little in common with real life. The most entertaining story in the collec tion is " Sealed Orders," which is a Vinslation from the French of Count Alfred de "Nay,' and turns upon the melancholy fact of a bluntiketind-hearted captain of a French vessel, having teen-ordered"to sail with two young people, just married r 7andy greatly attached to each other, who are to be treated accord ing to certain sealed orders transmitted to the captain by order of the French Directory, and which he is not to open till the vessel has passed the line. On opening these orders at the appointed locality, he finds that he must instantly execute the young bridegroom as a traitor—a task which he accomplishes, notwith standing the deep interest which the manners of the young couple have excited in his mind. The account of hi 3 subsequent remorse, and of the madness of the bereaved girl, is exceedingly affecting, indeed quite painfully so. 1,679 1,441 673 Of the opposed remanded for punishment.. 220 " Therefore the whole number imprisoned in town and country was 3,905, and out of that number 2,758, were discharged, either before the day of hearing or without opposition ; of those opposed, 1,147 were nevertheless discharged, and only 361 remained for punishment. Out of the whole number, divi dends were paid in 199 cases." These re turns are very imperfect, and, indeed, all bankruptcy and insolvency returns are so. What we should have been told is, the amount of debts owing by the 3,905 debtors, and the amount of divi dends paid, and all particulars respecting the various sub-divisions. But even important as the returns are, they will not prove the conclusion of the Com missioners, who say :—" Deducting 361 who were remanded, from the 1,147 who were opposed, it would appear that 786 were opposed without sufficient grounds; then, adding . these 786 to the 2,758 who were discharged unopposed, it would appear that, out of 3,905, the whole number imprisoned, 3,544 were imprisoned who ought not, in good policy, to have been imprisoned at all—for the imprisonment of those persons produced no legitimate advantage either to the creditors or to the com munity." Upon such statements the whole penal laws of the, country might be abro ga t e d ; th e p r i sons pulled down; police disbanded; and the lawyers and judges sent to the colonies; and the industrious and frugal of mankind left an abandoned prey to the cunning and the violent—those who have strong wits and strong fists. For other. purposes than these however, was the expensive machinery of government designed. It would have been just as rational, had they at once said that the picking of pockets ought not to be punished, because some persist in so doing in defiance, of the terrors of the law. But the question is—llow many more would he pickpockets if there was no punishment ? Just as, how many more men would have refused to pay their debts, or have rendered themselves unable to do so, had there been no arrest, no punishment, to constrain them; and how many such are there uoW more than there used to be, Petersburgh, .3 Us... 36i Berlin - - Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 953 'Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. It appears that Mr. Villiers has been trying for some weeks to get a day for bringing on his motion on the corn-laws, and has not yet succeeded. Up to this time two days in the week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, have been allowed for motions, but after next Thursday it has been arranged that only Tuesday is to be so appropriated. Another arrange ment of the House prevents a Member from giving notice of a motion for anv motion-day later than the fourth after the day on which the notice is given. Thus, while Tuesdays andiThursdays were both open to Members, a notice could be given for either day a fortnight before; but not sooner. Under the new arrangement a Tuesday may be selected four weeks before. On the first day on which a motion-day be comes open for notices, all Members who are anxious to bring forward particular motions go down to try for the day; they give their names to the . clerk at the table, who puts all the names, folded up, into a box, and according to the order in which the names are drawn out the precedence of Members on the day competed for is settled. Thus the assignment of Tuesdays to different motions is an affair of lottery. Mr. Villiars has tried his luck in this lottery now three or four times, and has not yet drawn a prize. Lord Harry Vane is first on Tuesday, the 4th of June, with a notice of a resolution on the coal duties. Tuesday, the 11th of June, fortune, which seems not to object in this way to smile on Mr. Borthwick, has secured for a repetition of his motion on the Anatomy Act, which caused the House to be counted out last week ; and if it has not the same effect again, Mr. Ward will probably, after the motion has been dim posed of, introduce his important motion for a Committee of the whole House on the revenues of the Irish Church. Mr.Hutt has carried away Tuesday, the 18th of June, for the soap duties We are glad to find that Mr. Villiers has intimated his intention of trusting no longer to the chapter of accidents; but of taking a Government day for his motion, by bringing it forward as an amendment on an order of the day for going into Committee of Supply. We have entered into this ex planation of the arrangements of the House of Commons, as to motions, because the public 10 not understand how these things are managed, and may sometimes blame a Member who has undertaken the conduct of an important question for delays which are quite beyond his control. We must say that the Government seem to gain very dispropor tionately by the arrangements of the House. From Whit suntide to the end of the session the Government is to have three nights in the week for its business. From the begin ning of the session till Whitsuntide they have had two nights in every week. Have they shown such determination to get their Bills forward—have they made such good use of the time which has been hitherto granted them, as to deserve now the indulgence of an additional day in each week from the House? Will it be found, when we approach the usual time for bringing the session to a close, that any material progress has been made with important Government measures, even with three nights a week P On the contrary - , will it not be, as it always is, that the Government will them ask for the additional assist ance of morning sittings, that a number of important mea sures which have been continually put off, with various ex cuses, will be hurried through in a very thin House, without the possibility of adequate discussion, and that a number of other important measures which the Government have pro mised to pass, and which the House has given them every facility for passing, will be at the last moment relinquished? The business of the Government is not found to be materially accelerated by the great proportion of days in the week con ceded to it by the House; while the opportunities of acting on public opinion, and bringing public opinion to bear on the Go vernment through such motions as that of Mr. Villiers, are most unreasonably diminished. And what is the return made by the Government to the House for the liberality shown by the House to the Government? Wednesday is appropriated to Bills introduced by individual Members; and on Wednesday the general rule is, that there is no House, or, if a House is made, that it is not kept. The Bills, however important they may be—take, for instance, Lord Worsley's Inclosure Bill—are no concern of the Government; all the retainers of the Government are absolved from attendance, and it is thrown upon the individual Member promoting the: Bill to make and keep a House. How often again, during the pre sent session, has it happened on Tuesdays and Thursdays! that a House has not been made, or has been counted out in obstruction of an important motion ? Lord Palmerston's motion on negotiations relative to the Slave Trade, which had been long looked for with so much interest, and which the chances of the notice-lottery had so often compelled him to postpone, was at last prevented from coming on by no House being made. None of the officials were in the House that day at four o'clock. The House has been counted out on Mr. Ricardo's motion on Commercial Treaties, on a motion of Mr. Ewart's on the present state of our Taxation, on Mr. Christie's motion on the Universities, and, perhaps, on some other occasions; but these instances are enough for our purpose. It may be said that it is more the fault of the House than of the Government, that there should be so often fewer than 40 Members out of 658 to be found in it. Fault of the House it most assuredly is ; but from a House so con stituted, of which dolts and fashionable idlers form so large a proportion, what is to be expected? It does not say much either, we are sorry to be compelled to add, for the attend ance of Liberal Members of Parliament. The game of party is at present dull, and those who would be the most fre quently seen and heard of, if success seemed near, are now, many bf them, generally in the country, or away at dinner. But there is still great ground for complaint that the Go vernment, to which the House concedes so much, should in any way assist to thwart the motions of Members opposed to them.—Chronicle. COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—We are given to under stand, from undoubted authority, that Mr. Sergeant Goul burn, from Exeter, succeeds the late Mr. Merivale in Lon don; and that Mr. Bere proceeds from Leeds to Exeter; and that Mr. Sergeant Lewes (the Chief Registrar in Loudon) goes to Leeds. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ISLINGTON.- - ThiS morn ing, at a few minutes before two o'clock, a fire of a very alarming nature broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Callaway, grocer and tea-dealer, carrying on business at No. 44, Hedge-row, Islington green. An instant alarm was raised, which brought a number of the N division of police to the spot, who, after considerable difficulty, succeeded in arousing the whole of the inmates (six in number), but so rapid had been the progress of the fire in the interim, that all escape by the lower portion of the premises was cut off. After some tins the residents were taken out of the back of the building, and thereby escaped a horrible death, A copious supply of water was instantly procured, and by dint of great exertions the flames were entirely extinguished by half•past two o'clock, not, however, until the building, together with the stock in trade and furniture was, for the most part, consumed. For tunately, Mr. Callaway's loss is covered by an insurance in the Sun fire-office. The origin of the fire could not be learned. SINGULAR TENURE.--King John gave several lands at Kipperton and Atterton to one Solomon Attefield, to be held by this singular service :—That as often as the King should be pleased to cross the sea, the said Solomon and his heirs should be obliged to go with him to hold his MAjesty's head, if there should be occasion for it, "that is, if he should be sea-sick ;" and it appears by the record in the Tower that this same office of head-holding was actually performed in the reign of Edward the First.. INDIAN MAILS.—ALTERATIONS IN THEIR DEPAR- Tunn.—lnstead of the mails being dispatched on the last day of the month, the mails to India, China, &c., are to be made up and dispatched from London, via Southampton, on the morning of the 3d of every month, and via Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th, except those days fall on Sundays, when the mails are dispatched on Saturday evening. ROYAL MARRIAGES.--Two Royal marriages are spoken of in the highest quarters, which are not devoid of meaning and importance. It is confidently asserted that two Neapolitan Princesses are the promesse spose of the Duke d'Aumale and the Prince de Montpensier. One of the betrothed is the daughter of the late King of Naples, by his second wife, and a sister of the Duchess de Berry. The other Princess is the daughter of the Prince of Salerno, and was lately refused to the Duke de Bordeaux. By these mar riages the royal statesman of France will set at rest the sus picions entertained of his intentions upon the throne of Spain, and place it beyond the power of his restless subjects to com plain of his not adopting a policy which would involve his Government in difficulties and his kingdom in a Peninsular war.— Times. THE KING or SAXONT.—Preparations have been Made at the Brighton Pavilion, by uncovering the furniture, &c., for the visit of his Majesty the King of Saxony to Brighton, for the purpose of inspecting the Pavilion. His Majesty will arrive by_a special train this day (Wednesday). D EAT H OF TEE EARL OF ATHLONE.—We have to record the demise of the Earl of Athlone, the intelligence of whose death was received by the Hon. Captain Frederick and Lady Elizabeth Villiers, on Saturday last. The Noble Earl died on Tuesday, the 21st inst., at the Higue, where his Lordship and family had for a long period resided. The de ceased William Guatauf Frederick de Reed. de Ginkle, who was youngest son of the sixth Earl, was born 14th August, 1776, and married 7th of September, 1814, Wendela Eleanor, eldest daughter of M. Burcel, by whom, we believe, the Earl has several children. The late Earl succeeded to the family title on the death of his nephew, 2dlMarch, 1843. DISCIPLES OF JACK SHEPPARD.— On Thursday last there were five boys in custody at Tarporley, charged with felony at Northwich, who, when asked their names, &c., answered as follows :—" 1 am Jack Sheppard, and am 11 years old ;" " I am Dick Turpin," said another, aged 13 years ; " and this is Jonathan Wild," pointing to a companion_ 14 years old ; the two others gave the names of " Tom King," and " Sugar." lack Sheppard, whose real name is Nathaniel Shaw, was called "Captain Sheppard" by his com-rogues, owing to his having been more frequently con victed than any of the band. The boys are well known in Macclesfield as notoi ions thieves, though of so tender years. They were met by a police-constable between Northwich and Delamere-forest, who, from their suspicious appearance, stopped and searched them, when he found the produce of a robbery effected at Mr. Hall's, bookseller, Northwich, upon the persons of the prisoners. They were committed for trial at the present sessions.—Chester Courant. BRIG UTON, MAY 28.—Lord Wm. Harvey.arrived here this evening by the General Steam Navigation Com pany'a steam-ship FIRM • . ' 474 474 COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Mr. George Edward Anson (Treasurer), Lord George Len nox (Lord in Waiting), Captain Francis Seymour (Groom in Waiting), and Colonel Wylde (Equerry in Waiting), left Buckingham Palace at, twenty minutes before ten o'clock, yesterday morning, to attend the Triennial Festival of the Eton Montem. His Royal High ness and suite went in two carriages and four, to the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, and travelled by a special train to Slough. From that station the Prince and suite proceeded to Windsor Castle, where the Royal party arrived at twenty minutes before eleven o'clock. After remaining an hour at the Castle, his Royal Highness went to Eton College, and subsequently ho nourned the Provost with a visit, partaking of a dejeune at his residence. The Prince, on quitting the College, proceeded to Salt-hill, and afterwards returned to town, via Slough, by a special train on the Great Western Railway.. The Royal party arrived at Buckingham Pa lace shortly before three o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Vis countess Canning, Lady Caroline Cocks, Honourable Miss Frances Devereux ' Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuth not, and Colonel Wylde, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed daily airings yesterday in the Royal Gar dens of Buckingham Palace. _ _ _ Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of Sheffield and Earl Howe, honoured the Ita lian Opera with her presence, yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also honoured the Opera with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House. Mr. Everett, the American Minister, and Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town on Monday. Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, left town on Monday evening to receive his Majesty the King of Saxony, upon his arrival in this country. TEE ANCIENT CITY WELLS.—In the course of the last week, while making some excavations in Friday-street, Cheapside (where formerly stood the Saracen's Head inn, and the house of Sir C. Wren), a deep well, said to 'be of Roman construction, was discovered. It was about two feet below what was supposed to be the ground on which the Saracen's Head was erected, but upon digging the earth massive walls were met with, of the Roman-and subsequent periods. The Roman wall was composed of Kentish flags, flint, and cement. Other walls, which were made of bricks, were so firmly cemented together that the pickaxes were blunted, and required wedges to be used in order to separate the bricks from each other. The well, on being plombed, was found to be about forty feet in depth, and the water was pure and _pellucid. It was not known to the late occupier of the inn that such a well was in existence. A short time ago, in Addle-street, a similar description of well w as f oun d , upon c l e aring away the earth for a foundation. It i s supposed that after the Fire of London many wells were lost, which were covered over with the bricks and rubbish Of the houses de stroyed, as in several other parts of the City wells have been found upon removing the earth. 1,147 141 2,226 112 THE STATE TRIALS. -- COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MOTION FOR ARREST OF JUDGMENT. DUBLIN, MAY 27.—Their Lordships having fixed this morning for hearing the arguments of counsel retained by the traversers on the motion in arrest of judgment, the Court presented a crowded appearance. At half-past ten o'clock Judge Crampton took his seat on the bench, and proceeded to hear a few short motions of course. The other judges came into Court shortly afterwards. The Carer 'Tunic's intimated to the Counsel for the tra versers that the Court did not intend permitting the motion in arrest of judgment to be argued by more than two coun sel, the Crown to have the privilege of an equal number of advocates. Sir C. O'LOQHLEN stated that he had received instructions to make the motion on behalf Of Mr. O'Connell only. The Ca Mrs' JusncE—The grounds of objection, as I un derstand them, are common to all the traversers, and the Court have resolved not to hear more than two counsel. Mr. O'HAGAN said that in all probability he might wish to address the Court on behalf 'of 'Mrs 'Duffs , . Mr. CLOSE observed that 'if the counsel who argued the question omitted anything that he' considered important, he should certainly claim the right of being heard: The CHIEF Junice—We cannot stop' the entire business of the county. This case has already occupied the attentioi of the Court too long. More than two counsel on behalf of the traversers cannot, therefore, be re-heard. Sir •C. O'Loouratx, Counsel for Mr. O'Connell, having stated that if rightly hifinmed by his senior Counsel, he con sidered each bf the' travetsers were entitled to be heard by counsel, proceeded with the motion. In this case it was in tended to rely upon two objections in arrest of judgment— the first arising upon the caption, and the second arising upon the indictment, or perhaps, more strictly speaking, upon the proceedings of the jury. In the first place, he con tended that the caption was bad in form, and that judgment should be an ested upon that ground ; and, in the second place, that the traversers had not been found guilty of any indictable offence, for that the parts of the indictment upon which they have been found guilty are bad in point of law. With respect to the point upon the caption, he did not in tend to dwell upon it at any length. The ground upon which he said the caption was bad was of a technical nature. It was stated in the caption that the indictment we's found upon the oath and affirmation of twelve good and lawful men, then and there sworn, affirmed, and charged, and that it was not stated who were sworn and who were affirmed. In the case of the King v. Dan, Ist Moody's Crown Cases, a similar case arose, and the Court held the indictment bad upon that ground. The statute allowing Quakers to affirm in place of taking oaths is the 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 49. The recent statute, 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 85, secs 3, only ap plies to cases where written documents are to be set out, or where facts are to be stated. At all events it did not apply to this case, for the Crown had adopted the old form, and having adopted it, they were subjected to all the incidents attending it. Ho would now come to the other objections. The indict ment contained eleven counts. Tho first count contained five charges; the second count was the same as the first count, omitting the overt acts; the third count was the same as the second, omitting the words " unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously" before the words to meet and assemble ; the fourth was the same as the third, omitting the third charge; the fifth was the same as the third, omitting the third, fourth, and fifth charges ; the sixth, with the exception of stating the intention of the traversers, was to obtain a repeal of the Union; the eighth contained the fifth charge of the third count; the ninth was the same as the eighth, omitting however the intent, and inserting a new charge of usurping the prerogative of the Crown. The tenth was the same as the ninth, omitting the charge of the usurpation ; and the eleventh was an entirely different count from all the rest. His first objection was that the five first counts were bad from duplicity. In support of this view he read from Ist Chitty's Criminal Law, p. 227, where it was laid down that in civil cases, and a fortiori in criminal cases, the pleadings ought not to be double, as, if the contrary were. the case, the greatest possible embarrassment might arise. Crawburn's case, reported in the State Trials, voL 13, p. 234, and the King v. Carthew, also confirmed this view. In civil cases it was the general rule that pleadings must not be double, and the same rule applied to indictments; so that though several offences might be joined in the same indictment (provided they were of the same nature), yet several offences could not be Joined in the same count. The rules and principles of pleading with respect to the structure of a declaration are applicable to an indictment."—lst Chitty Criminal Law, 167. "An indictment must not be double, by which it is to be understood that the defendant cannot be charged with having committed two or more distinct offences in any one count of the indictment; for every count should be single, entire, and confined to one single point of issue, and if a variety of issues were to be understood, it would embarrass the defendant, the jury, and the Court."-2 Gabbett, 234. " The defendant must not be charged with having committed two or more offences in any one count of the indictment; for instance, one count cannot charge a defendant with having, committed a murder, a robbery, or the like."—Archbold's Pl. p. 51 (Sth edition.) "It is essential to the formal validity of an in strument, that it contains a direct, positive, single, and defi nite charge."—let Starkie's Criminal Pleadings, 242. And the reason of this was obvious, as the prisoner would be greatly embarrassed in his defence, if it was permitted to multiply offences in a single count. If they be separate couuts, the Court could put the Crown to its election, if any embarrassment was likely to be caused to a traverser by the number of counts ' • but if the charges were in the same count, the Court had no sack power; and if two offences might be charged in the same count, why might not thirty, or fifty? Where was the limit to be drawn? Where it was objected that the words, ". the jurors of our Lord the King further present," should be prefixed to every overt act, and in the case of " the King v. Trobriclge," Chief Justice Holt said, " As to the words Juratores ulterius prwsentant, that is never proper when the treason is the same. I find, indeed, there had been two distinct treasons, the one for compassing the death of the King, and the other for levying war against him. In that case they must bring iu each by ulterius prae sentant, because they are separate offences, though com prised in one bill, and they are in law two indictments. And so it was in the case you mention of the cottages. It is one Offence to erect a cottage, and another offence to continue a cottage so erected ; and they arc to have several punish ments ; and because they -joined them both together in one count, that count was held to be nought ; for by law a count for erecting a cottage ought to conclude contra formam sta tuti, and the Jury ought to begin again, et ulterius prsesen taut quod, the cottage was continued against the form of the statute, because they are several offences."—Crawburn's case, 13 State Trial, 234. So, upon an information against a ferryman for taking more than the usual rate from divers persons for the passage of theniklves and their cattle, Chief Justice Holt said, "In every information a single offence ought to be laid, because every extortion from every parti cular person is a separate and distinct offence, and, therefore, they ought not to be accumulated under a general charge, because each offence requires a separate and distinct punish ment, according to the quantity of the offence ; but it is not possible for the Court to proportion the fine and other punishment to it, unless it is singly and certainly laid."— King v. Roberts, Carthew 226. If a count be bad for du plicity the question then arises, does the final count charge the defendant with one conspiracy or with several. The final count charges the defendants with a conspiracy to do five distinct acts, but does not refer them to any common design. The Crown will say that the defendants, at the time they conspired, might have contemplated all the five acts and objects stated in the count. Even if they had they would still be in point of law five distinct conspiracies, and as such should be charged in separate counts. For a conspiracy, though it may have several immediate objects, can only have one ultimate object. When morethan one ultimate object is entertained by conspirators there ceases to be a single con spiracy : there are, in point of fact, several conspiracies. Thus at the same time parties may conspire to obtain by false pretences the goods of A, with intent to cheat A, to publish libels of B, with intent to injure B, and ;to threaten to accuse C of a crime, with intent to extort money from C ; but then they were several conspiracies, as the acts to be done were various, and the objects to be accomplished widely different; on the other hand, if the parties conspired to do various acts with one common design, there was but one con spiracy, as though the acts were several, the design was com mon. In the present case the defendants were charged with conspiracy to do a variety of acts, but these acts were not re ferred to any particular object, and not only was there an absence, but there was also substantially a negation of any common design, as the intended result of the traversers' con spiring, for in an indictment whatever is not affirmed must be taken as not to exist. Moreover, the verdict showed that there were at least three conspiracies charged in this count. One which included all the traversers, one which included all but Mr. Tierney, and one which included Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Duffy, and Mr. Barrett alone ; for if there was but one con spiracy, all should bo acquitted but O'Connell, Duffy, and Barrett. It was quite true that a party might be convicted of only a part of the charge laid in the indictnient, though the indictment consisted of a single count, and might be ac quitted or all the rest. But that was only when a Cliarge was in its nature divisible, and the authorities allow a con spiracy is not divisible, and that a party to he convicted of a conspiracy should be proved cognieent of all the ob jects of the conspiracy. "To support an indictment for a conspiracy, you must prove that all the defendants were cognisant of the object of the conspiracy • * *. A con trary doctrine would be extremely dangerous."—Lord El lenborough, King v. "'oilman, 2d Campbell, 234. As, then, some of the traversers had been found guilty of part of the first count only, there should be several conspiracies charged in it. The next case referred to in support of his proposition was the Queen v. O'Connor, reported by a short-hand writer, and revised by Sergeant Murphy as being strictly correct. He then proceeded to contend that none of the counts in the indictment disclosed any legal or indictable offence. He cited the cases of the King v. Turner, 12th East, 228, and the King v. Richardson, Ist Moody, wherein it was held and ruled, that the commission of any unlawful act did not show an agreement to do an indictable offence. Sir Colman then went on to state that there should be a malum prohibitum to justify as indictment. A conspiracy should be an agree ment to commit an indictable offence, and the indictment must contain, or be a narrative of, the offence. An indict ment for a conspiracy must show, first, who are the parties accused, andmust aver that they have done something which is an indictable offence.—Hawkins, 226, 227. If the object stated be not indictable, then means which are indictable must be stated.-7th Adolphus. The gist of conspiracy was the crime, which should be either known by a certain tech nical name, and so described ; but if not known to the law, should be set forth in the indictment by a great narrative of all the facts forming and constituting the crime. After citing a variety of authorities, and arguing the point with great ability, the Learned Counsel contended that the repeal meetings were mot illegal means of accomplishing the traverser? intentions, even if the "intent" had been pro perly charged in the indictment, which he denied. Be sides, the charges were so vague and general, that judg ment should not be passed. The pleader who had framed the indictment should not have contented himself by merely stating that the acts charged were unlawful, but. he should have set out all facts, in order to enable the jury and the Court to form their opinion. He also objected that the manner and means by which "discontent, excitement dis affection, contempt, and opposition" was accomplished, should have been stated; and also that it should have been alleged in what such opposition consisted. With respect to the count relating to the Arbitration Courts, he contende4l that to the charge which it contained of bringing the law and the administration of justice into disrepute, was not an il legal, and therefore not an indictable, offence. The courts of justice might require reformation, and surely no one wo u lA ni hold or assert that any "mb l er of persons deserved punish ment for endeavouring by agitation or otherwise t o e ff ec t that reformation. The Learned Counsel t thou went through the remaining cou n t s o f the indi and in reference to the last, which c h arge d the traversers eent with intimidating the Legislature, he contended that s there was no precedent of t re cord for such a proceeding. Threatening the House of Com mons was not an indictable offence at common law ; it was an offence punishable by the House, which could bring the offender to the bar, and punish him summarily , for breach of privilege. In conclusion, the Learned Counsel arraigned the indictment as unsound and unconstitutional, and as calculated to carry the law of conspiracy even farther than it was ever attempted by Lord EUenborough, the highest prerogative judge that ever sat en the English bench. Mr. FITZGIBBON wished to know if their Lordships in tended to limit the number of counsel to two ? The CHIEF Juniors (greatly excited)—Yes. Mr. FITZOIBBON—Wen, then, my Lord. I contend that every one of the eight traverse% lifiat right to be heard by counsel, and insist on showing the Court why the judgment should be arrested. The ArFORNEY-GENERAL said, in the course of last week he had asked Sir William Follett, the Attorney-General fur England, what would be the course there, and the answer be received was, that only two counsel would be heard. Mr. FITZGIBBON said, he had no doubt that Sir William said so, but that did not make it law, or abrogate the right to which the traversers were entitled. - The CHIEF JUSTICE—For my own part I am determined to adhere to. the rule. Judge PERRLN—The strict rule of the Court is against you. Mr. Justice CRA3IPTON expressed himself to the same effect. And the Court rose. Mr. MDonough will be heard on the same side in the Morning. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The Association held the usual weekly meeting to-dad• at the Conciliation Hall. It being generally understood that this would in all proba bility be the last occasion on which Mr. O'Connell would be present previous to the passing of the sentence, the hall was densely crowded. At one o'clock the Hon. Gentleman en tered, and was received with enthusiastic cheering. When the applause had subsided, he moved that Sir Samuel Brad street, Bart., should take the chair. The SECRETARY then read the minutes of the last day's proceedings. After some business had been gone through, Mr. O'CoNxEu. again rose, and said he had to move that an address to the people of Ireland, on the present position of the public cause, be prepared for circulation against the pass ing of the sentence.. That sentence might, or might not be carried into effect immediately. They intended appealing to the House of Lords,tind. it was onlyjust that the execution should be deferred until the result of that appeal was known., The past, however, gave them little to hope from the lenieucy of the Court of Queen's Bench.—(Hear, hear.) In any event it was right that the people should be perfectly pre pared, find not be suffered to allow their feelings to over come their resolution to be peaceable. They would play the game of the enemy by violating the law—they should be made to understand that, and, moreover, that nothing would be more desirable to" certain parties that an opportunity (,C turning out the military and police on the unarmed people. He was sure that tranquillity would be maintained. The Catholic clergy had taken up the cause—they were the be , ',;, peace officers they could have--(Cheers.) The mauiP., en t contributions which he had that day handed in were hvidence that they were heart and soul in the cause. T 1 H on . Gen tleman continued to address the meeting at considerable length. He showed that Ireland was in a worse condition now than at the time of the union —that the testimony of all travellers was, that there was more destitution in Ireland (a country so blessed by nature), than in any other on the face of the earth, and attributed all the evils of Ireland to the want of a domestic legislature. He again implored of the people to maintain peace and tranquillity, and concluded by saying that shortening his life was not the way to lengthen the connection between the two countries. The Hon. Gen tleman resumed his seat amidst the greatest applause. Mr. S. O'Bnie-Ni seconded the adoption of the addrep4, and then proceeded to observe, that the imprisonmelit of Mr. O'Connell would sever the link which binds Ireland to En g . land, and he could not bring himself to believe that the Government would have the madness to incarcerate him till he should be summoned to accompany him (Mr. O'Connell) to gaol. Much as they would deplore the absence of Mr. O'Connell and his gifted son, yet it would be found that there were men amongst the members of the Association capable ots guiding the destinies of the countrv.—(Cheers.) Amount of the rent for the week, 550/. THE ETON MONTEM. The celebration of this triennial festival of the scholars and students of Eton College took place yesterday, under most avourable auspices, her Majesty and her Royal Consort having intimated their intention to encourage the Montem by their presence, in imitation of her grandsire, who used to enter heartily hate the amus ements peculiar to this day. Under the influence of Royal example, and prompted by a curiosity necessarily repressed for the whole space of three long years, the world of fashion exchanged at an early and irksome hour their quiet downy couches for the rude grating and unaccommodating railway, in order to reach this festive spot by ten o'clock A.M., military time, when, according - to the announceme n t i n th e or d er of the day, her Majesty's Foot Guurds were to beleaguer these ancient seats of learning, and possess themselves of the Court-yard and approaches to the College. So great was the demand upon the capabilities of the company, that it was found ne cessary to start at very short intervals throughout the whole of the morning special trains to assist the ordinary ones in transporting such an unusually great number of travellers to their destination. Upon arriving at Salt-kill a pair of tall, armed, feathered, and elegantly attired young masqueraders, dropped, as it were, from some heaven-kissing hill in the midst of the motley group descending from the carriages % and with calm, aristocratic effrontery, demanded our money. The ladies appeared to be peculiarly the objects of their importunity, and whether it was through the force of costnnie or custom, the fair capitulated, the fools followed.:and th e handsome brigands retreated without hue or cry', with kid purses as large as nose-ba gs , fill e d w ith our ne;tes j , gold, and silver. Several foreigners, we perceived, looked unutterable things. Our national character for integrity and observance of the law obviously suffered a depreciation. The Prince Consort, descending from the castle, was stopped on Windsor-bridge, and, though surrounded by the Royal guards, surrenders a purse of thirty sovereigns, together with one of one hundred on the past of the Quoin, to the captain of the runners. His Royal Highness, having thus purchased his preferment to office, rode to Eton College, in the inner quadrangle of which lie called "Absence," as Etoniana term it, that is, ascertained who were present, at locus a ?Lou lucendo. The youths then formed their procession, the captain taking the lead of the whole school, consisting of, it is said, 739 boys, including foundation scholars and oppidans. The bands of the ,Fusilier Guards, second battalion, and of the Horse Guards, *ll into the procession, and played alternately martial music until they had thrice gene t round the square, when the Prince appeared at the window of the Election Chamber, and was re ceived with every 'demonstration of respect and regard. The captain in this instance is a fine well-looking youth, rejoicing in the homely name of Drake, being pecu liarly appropriate, however, to his present locality, which consists of ponds, eyots, islands, and is surrounded—often overflowed—by water. Being the senior scholar on the foundation, and proceeding to finish his education at King's. College, Cambridge, he was emphatically the hero of the day and the performance may, in theatrical phrase, be truly saiq to be got up for his benefit; and a bumper we may imaglaa it proved, from the intrepidity and cool arrogance with wk.;eli, his armed followers stopped her Majesty's lieges on live Ma jesty's highway and under the windows of her Roy palace, and levied contributions, as in days past did tte Highland freebooters, upon all her Majesty's subjects that happened to be led to Eton through curiosity or business. The waving of the flag being .completed, a most ungrace ful exhibition of muscular exertion, partaking of something like the broadsword exercise and the tricks of a juggler upon a rural stage, followed—the:Prince bowed, and the c h a p e l, a ti ne old Gothic building, nine times re-echoed the sincere and loud, acclamations of a crowd comprising as much of high rank, gallantry and peerless beauty as perhaps ever graced the co ronation of a monarch. The procession to the Mount took place according to the custom. The Prince soon after fol lowed in two carriages to witness again the waving of the flag. He did not descond from his carriage, but, after being; loudly cheered, proceeded to London by a special train ala half-past two. There were present on the interesting occasion the follow ing noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Lincoln, Lord Campbell, and Lady Stratheden ; the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham ; Earls Nelson, Powis, Sheffield, Camden ; Marquis Chandos ; the Duke of Lein ster ; Earl and Countess of Dartmouth; Lords Seaham, Re desdale, Fielding, Ingestre, Howe, Northland. and Eliot ; the Rev. Mr. Peel and lady, Sir Geo. Wombwell, the Re corder of London and his lady, and the Judges Coleridge * and Patteson. _ The festivitie.4 in the eyot, in which the captain ga. lo dinner to his fellow-students, did not close till a latr., horn.; and the public were admitted indiscriminately to field, in which the Coldstream band perforined ' ,,, hre:ughout the evening a variety of the choicest operatic an national airs. dent We reached u are happy . to record that not a report;f a single acci s CALEDONIAN BALL.---Thl' took place last night at `Fill: .s annual fancy dress ball rously attended than on ss Rooms. It was more nume r Royal Family, and former occasion. ton were Some of the the n e Y lite of the haut present. The costumes wi;:re chiefly Highland a n d m ili t ' ary. Dancing, which commenced shortly after ten, was keptfup N. ith un • tiring Vt:Alr till an early hour. The band was relieved by the P . .i . ke of Sutherland's, Captain Charles Forbes's, and Cap - 11. Stewart's pipers playing strathspeys and reels. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—THE MASQUERADE: —The second masquerade given this season at this theatre, came off on Monday night and the following morning. The. numbers were not so great, perhaps; as at the first one, at; least upon the platform, but the boxes and other parts of the theatre were completely filled. It was perhaps no disadvan tage that the platform was not so crowded, and the nusag especially by a class of persons who only confuse the dancia' g and roll about in a semi-state of intoxication, to annoy and interrupt. On Monday evening there was nothing of this sort. The company on the platform was very numerous. without being a mob, and the dancing and the other arrange ments were exceedingly wall sustained and conducted. Thee supper was such as is generally seen at public occasions, the: wines and the rest of the creature comforts were not, as usual, the worst to be obtained. The band, under the direction of. Mr. Weippert, who presided, and appeared with his har high above the rest of the numerous musicians, was exce , ,a_ ingly effective, and executed its task in the best man. Aer. One great feature of the evening was, at least up to thrA a t e hour at which we quitted the theatre, that decency aAd d co rum were olAerved. At things of this sort some a' 4 l owan : must be made for exuberance of spirits and the e Ar i tement of the scene, but we saw little to be blamed, an , ' amu sement a good deal to be spok en well of. for such ate. vast number of persons in character There was a P as it is called ; and it would be much more amusing on these, ossasions if every body came in domino, or in some eketrAle different from the dress of every day. The decoratioa s of the theatre were very splindid, and in good t aste, There were chandeliera,. banners, flags, looking-glasses, and everything to giv e the.: appearance of a joyous scene ; .A l together, the affair was w got up and well condatcted and if all masquerades be ducted with simi4 r good taste, good judgment, and dezen e y none but very fastidious persons can object to their occasional introduction amongst the amusements of the town. Dulln • is the worst that is to be feared. Tun OLD BANR.--We are glad to be, able to state that the creditors of the Old Bank, Du:iley received g dividend of ss. in the p oun d on Wethiesday ' last. This is the second dividend, which, with the first, amounting to 6s. Bd. in the pound, settles better than half the de mands upon the estate, which It is now confidently as serted will pay ful 20s. in t) , .'e" pound. That there must be something substantially wrong in our monetary am: commercial mattera, P i iien such an establishment as the: Old Bank, possossh t g ample resources, was compelled t( 4 stop paymcu IA t, is obvious. It i s sa id, and e belie re, truly, that if Mr. Dixon had retired from I. asi. nets only a very short time ago, he could hale done so upon 300,0001. ; with that spirit, however. Of continuous enterprise which characterises the nation,. and has raised it b.!, its present commercial superigrity, he: continued extending accommodation to all around hil l* until overtaken by one of those periodical convnisions_ in trade incident to dur defective monetary arrangements, he was obliged to submit to the ordeal of tho.bankruptey laws, and to which no man possessed of such ample means of meeting all ordinary demands upoxi him ought to have been subjected.—Birmingham Journal. THE NATIONAL GALLERY:NEW PI CTURES. The National Gallery Dias, within th e l ast few days, had ;"" new pictures added Wits collection o f intrinsic worth.` s l t `r e ey consist of " A Jewish Rabbi," by R embrandt, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Argyl e , but purchased at the , sale of the latesMr. pictur'es Mr. Farrer. The " infant Christ embracing for John 4oo itnhe byeas, p tist," by Guido, sold to M r. Seguier, at the same sale, for 3 a ii guineas ; and a beautiful little portrait of " Gerard Dc ', painted by himself, also formerly in Mr. Harman's collection. little gem wstalotight for 121 guineas.