The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-30 00:00:00

, / • r , i ci P7 - " r elr N. „gtftr..4 414 _ gal `the connection between the . two countries. Thp.liorf.. Gen , tleman resumed his seat amidst the greatest applause. , - 6 ( • Mr. S. O'BRIEN seconded the adoption of the address, and . o.v r. 2 0. (~ r— I 11• hf s, • 440 41 L . I • then proceeded - to observe, that the imprisonment of Mr. fr • A:411 . ; O'Connell would sever the link which binds Ireland to Eng / „ „ ale. • land, and he could not bring himself to believe that the: - o 0 . • -. Government would have the madness to incarcerate him tin Ilk • 0.0116-, • /of .s 5 01 4 , eco/ Inr,Dl I;ts " j 1" :J 7, * „. , :.... 7)l t. 0 T e should be summoned to accompany him (Mr. O'Connell) • • • ~, i ( -2 1 -114: "SEND STAR PACKETS. rURTRER REDUCTION OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, < Boat and Blaekwall Rathiay Included. Ally ow:la...From th e B runswick Wharf, Blackwall, 0. , * included) at Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Three, four, it` Six, and Ilalf-past Seven. Prom the Terrace Pier, Graveseni, "4'l-Past-Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Sever, and Eiht. On Sundays at Fiv g e instead of Two. Cabin and Second-class Carriage, Sixpencs; Saloon and 'Lace First-class Carriage, Ninepence. , Gr avesend, May 29, 184. 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 of guiding the destinies of the country.—(Cheers.) Amount of the rent for the week, 550/. No. 16,159. LONDON, THURSDAY !CORNING SUN, INIAY 30, 1844. PRICE sd. En,„' COMPANY'S splendidfirst-class STEAM rti.---1 GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION q - s ir e and powerful liAA„Nl_Pcuited to leave LONDON f0r— ...X., -,Atal a nd ROTTERDAM, carrying he r Weci n 0.,,,,, esday and Saturday Morning. Every Thul7,- 4) , ; ''',RPFroin Brunswick Wharf, Blaekwall— Majesty's Mails iit,...,,,even Ilorning. 144—Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning. OSTis , ,,., From London Bridge Wharf, for— .n . lot.,,,w—verY Wednesday and Saturday Morni CAL;r„GNE—Every Thursday and Saturday Morn ing.,,---E Thursday and Sunday Morni. Morning. 1,,k',;,..--Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, it„iia,HEyery, Saturday, at Six, Evening. Ablio)(4Tl---bally, at Half-past Nine. IN ever ”CUll—Frem Brown's Wharf, Poplar, e l l' ev 1 15, at Ten j,,,,4gY alternate Wednesday, June 1,8, 12, an Saturday THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at RIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time "or the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON tip lo that _Ham ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. EASE IN WALKING. WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much admired PRE PARED LEATHER (so ; noted tor extreme SO t•TNESS and DURABILITY), in conseqUence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by hint in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, Sic., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established 50 years. No 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. MUSIC OF RUSSIA, POLAND, AND HUNGARY, Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the THE PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. THE STATE TRIALS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MOTION FOR ARREST OF JUDGMENT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Direetbrs have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver X SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS. The MUSIC of RUSSIA, POLAND, and HUNGARY, commences on the 27th instant, and will be continued daring the week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and en Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, wi This Company held their half-yearly meeting yes terday, at their offices, 51, St. Mary-Axe. The meeting was numerously attended, and the proceed ings were distinguished by perfect unanimity. The following report was presented by the Direc - ltEtf., Fr ont Down's Wharf, Reduced Fares, for — Ilk 4STLE—Every Wednesday wad Saturday, at I t I: XibRP t i .c-,-, red, Eve ,4,,,, `_--,,,—Every Tuesday, at Seven, Evening. 44 qr 0. I'ItIORTON and DIEPPE, every llR'fil;;Ti.,4ad. Saturday. Monday, Wednesday, bvz,,'°N and H l VRE—Every Tuesday and Friday. To ~__" and BO ULOGNE—June 1,2, and 3. containing hours of lekt.tZtare Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, cir eu . ~ aPP 3' a 'teot e ' r ar, &c 1 t the Offices, 69, Lombard-stree t; 37 , "----__ ° and 3.5, Leadenhall-street. importance imp° .. h notingw it. fl e [ and vibes ih an d they rol l support, Id earl o n nt with it s a striki n g shinent, his resP e . ° ' and Pro" ial satisfar embly w ere 0 the ig, a d. it, the A s. ne procee of the the nforced , Dore heHe ll w o r: Dry, in e h ° it ith whi c Ke va tions a • vt ico' the L l, tbst ther e q uti nujica l e, more 0 o de r nittee to su bj e ct In hat ic o the ft les'Atf :to - e st tne— ovefiler4 lj good Woo I to $ 6)111. rE " v ' nee w ber as in e $ - nor they N C:t elf, ,t of 1- Su all ekedO;in t i c l wit h be n o s t o ceol e° l a s to a the / f ool od s go otsti ce th on I tt y nee t rek be nisi* Chr l3 ho a tif` the free' f tne ,Lteu tp ti fled to with:t 18 10 410 r osivg. .:over e fi et 4 nir 3 " r of t be th e t bef l ane 9 ), ao" , nee __girt •bi r j,eo ( . 4 it a I varde„%ifi : ' he" .-, di' vre — cr 61 % r th e hol t, n t so rb on j oio rig" er ,ing s ' inri o 13010 •0 0.°"' a pt, A lt°' tij f, ly Of ligrbi ;et, the i.rt l ebr C ilf ;; t )i rst f :/ °°4 , •ord• a gil lof t s „ t e;s er ogr' eai jor 1 11 At Judi agea s s ' : 4' Jab 5- A. jeat / ' . (W e i [ll , 0 0 3.11t -C('' g' t o C urge n o . ro . 01 111 ' f 94 :• ' For"bijoll Ea' ',lJer M g ' of Will.. of 1;41 1 6 " I', 4 ? r O VlCt ifr 24. 1 tegial S CO T R A C E S. o r stl,,.,so d „. PREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 0..`0 l / 1 :r°,13 of sending S to s _ idenh Carriages or Horses by this Railway to , e for Ascot Races, should make early applica %ea , r r . -. .ccs or Horse-boxes for that purpose. aiII will be provided early in the morning . Of TUE! DAT, tx t ,.. 4o t t o 1 7,7' asDAY, June 6 (Gold Cup Day), f•r their convey ance, tl hTh r Pitso,"Lerfere with the Passenger Trains. There will also be hrtico, g n Trains of between Paddington and Slough on these which may be obtained at all the Railway — k 'SS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur tb.it %111 4 4 a . ,,, ---/I ntt gained such great aPprobation, and the demand Bahr to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most st i ti '. ° lrli,, t r o a rrer thus their sa me ; aknowledgmett to the n P v. u . b i l; o t ,„ Patronage of the it %,_"lrnates hare recommended 11. to the raost distinguished k v , . it ig,hcctions, Who have all spoken highly in its misenda ikrtlit, t o ra p nli ',.' a red by them only ; and for prevenrtin7cAi,appoint by each 1 4,4tin z 5 ,..",r! all possible care has Itta u i, " 1 .1 on the cork with their li been an r d address, as well -a ‘ l n: their signature, without which it cannot be 4 °lll i tr-T, 1 11e 8 , XCA S and SON'S long-established and much - esteemed h i ,_ 4l Bt , 110 TIES continues to be prepared by tkem after "luta* th a t h as & eh the greatest satisfaction for many / Vat i f , 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. 1 1 11C ---- ------- GENUINE TEA COM tOk ? ANI LONDON .. ti;:' n , ay ' beg tn inform Families d y r i ec si t tin fr g om the o Pr e c ov o i m ac t. e a s n , y o: o at f k t ? Agg,rt GENUINE TEAS 41e,rtli,1 c e r iz arly every to and village in the kingdom, ted Gen uine wn by the Company. nly so'd by 14, - "1:1 t!-- 44d7 Eilgirs a h rr m an ade Tea being now b t " r 'tti7'. ll in the country, the greatest ca co ut m io ni n is necessary. et r i 4 , ite %, (431 *Pany's seal on each package. skhl i coh_ fo .,, ,l Agencies for th a e y sa b l e e d o e t ri th ed e a , b t o o ve Genuine Teas, be made to the Pally a „ k l able income m . .'t Warehouses, 2, Lawrence Pountney.hill, London. 4 PLOv t -MENT.— Persons having a little time A., 411 )11 "Pars . "s'e And apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in 6..fth, ir c ountry towns, by the East India Tea Company, for the cee lc o ce ,,labrated teas. ' DoO4Y ar e Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. btti e ,tt i r '"'d . in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a 44 411 ‘roub ie Price and weight marked on each packet, and but k , 104; ‘ , ap c b,, la O ccasioned by the sale. The license is only Ils. per in e Z a nY during the last nineteen years have realised con -44.14..7,es by the agency without one shilling let or loss. - z - muou to be made (if by letter post paid) as above. *lt.filt.e . " , OFF, CARPETS, CHINTZES, 6:4' p t. , and WORSTED. DAMASKS, TABOURETS, and CA kticiTmzE 4,1% 4 . T, and GTIMMING of No. 4, Regent-street, opposite . t4 ey P111 3 11 .- ' and James's, beg res ' pectfully to inform their Friends 4tti th 'riten . c, that in consequence of one of the Partners retiring, b -t their Co st West-End Establishment, and are at 4 i/ 1 : 1 8 ; than Prim e e . A splendid Aubusson Carpet, Lease of the Premises to be Disposed Of. 11 . E N :r•P k . 1 ‘ EMEN'S VELVET HATS ^lll "qe 105. 6d. to 18s. W WI to dispose of their money to the best advantage t 7 1 111 ) ;_4013 sV 1 by visiting PERRING'S ESTABLISHMENTS 25, STRANID ' and 251, REGENT-STREET, where 2 41 4 ;', 1 e5s Most eatensive and varied Stock ia the kingdom, 4 'it l ° r II:: ( Mantles ef which must give universal satisfaction. `ti,"Nry l' er flats, 14s ; better,6d.best short nap, 21s; with lace band 11 inch wide, 245. Caps of every Is. Paris Silk Hats, 6s. 6d. to 88. 6d. OBSERVE THE ADDRESSES: k 4 ,,5, 4 0 ,1 4 : 4 REED, at present and for twelve e l t s y a Past, residing at Cheam, in the parish of Cheans and NiP' t iee r il y , i and being a boot and shoemaker, do horeby 14 t17a 444 eY . intend to resent a petition to the Court of eiebtl aso ighall-street, London, praying to be examine d t r e o u c eh s - N , , 4 '44k1,:. state, and effects, and to be protected from a p t'st,,./Tae4.4.f1111 disclosure and surrender if such estate and effe cts 4 ~ra t hat j MY Jest and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give to~po is Che time h the matter of the said petition shall be Ntp"evr, --- a dvertised i e n n tl Londen Gazette and in the Morning laj t iler • 1 10 month the the least after the date hereof; as It. and, this 27th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1844. JOHN REED. ir• -ktkinson, 27, Carey-street. •- • Ira 01:Y and SON S, o. 9, Cornhill, opesite the Bank of Engand, inviteattention to a of of Ro p seo nod , China, Bronze,l and C :4 11'4.4,1"a... days 'G and strike the hours and half.hours. Price enGuineas and Ten Guineas each, and upwards tOth„TPhi o , -- e ' warranted rsk t •4, With detailed' lists of Trice', and illustrated with had on ap lication, gratis, or sent to all parts of -and Ire'and, p p ootage free, in answer to a timid letter ‘ 1 : 'LE„ TAILOR'S AR T • 11,,•,ea,ing to observe in ev'ry part, Its Viand beauty of the " Tailor's Art;" 1 -101, 0 .° 1 r-e designs, adapted to the frame, 11,,, _Tided marks of admiration claim. Is th ^nere this " Art with most success discloses, Gt.! 4 t fare'd Mart which bears the same of MOSES. t i t ranger go, and your attcntion fix 11,,, ..at huge house in A t (eighty six ) , Th' t %here alone, but in the Minories, too, Tailor's Art" in all its beauties view. find the warehouse there at one, five, f ur, 1 1106 reading front and wide-expanding door. bispi,, and SON, in their astounding Mart All in choice attire, the " Tailor's Art." N I . no behold this beautiful attire. u elegance admire, 4 hi d , in Mart has more attention won Y warehouse in the realm has done. ob t °f Purchasers have crowded there An d r the garbs with qualities sr: rare. i l:2wds have told in many a distant A part, .„ 'me of MOSES in the Tailor's rt.. L agl X s. d. t a!li; ri t ups „ n, o n , ........... ......... . from 0 II 6 Alp in4 pnee rett, . silk .................. and facings.... 16 0 it a ti Lila variety •f shapos, * handiorriely trimmed 1 , tid l oc k of Holland aid Jean blouses from • 3 6 xi4t r eks er vests from • 2 6 n s ... . ug ly et cashmere and Persian vests, splendid .. ............................................................. 3s. to 6 n gle „? , Yrs et :', este, warranted b r triq 'fled ........................................................ from • so do •• ............................................. ........from • 11 6 l 'elt d 'als ( 2_, f lmaarner trousers from 7 0 'I, t 0,,, sa d ......... ..................... from 1 • 11 14,44 t ......... ......................................... : .................... ...... 1 4 0 t ri mane T• MEASURE. ''ton . ' ll ned with silk, made in any shape, water ,4e, .. • ................... . ................................. from 016 • ( t r ee ' the big and other light summer materials, t,bt.th,,,tin first style of fashion from 1 5 I k i ', l l4 l 4. r v esti t ests, 7s. each, or three for h4tit ro,, s 4 r mrecherche patterns from 0 9 6 , t v. , m great variety of materials t.'rta 'lty letOria, plain . doe trousers Ol6 0 11 17 6 01, 44 '144 "t sf "tithihhttraei- ............................. from 1 12 ii , a 4 h red ................ : ... : .. 2 15 0 111:;'SS,. 'Y ex.tent ... . *), .... . . * fi . .........inutes' notice, at the 1 . dita*, dr.„ following priees : et 4 1.0 k - siak e - t c ciat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 I ect, and trousers from 0 18 0 W r : , :ke t , o htsd,Zn tl Y article purchased or el - tiered, if not approves! tit,i lee lit. Money returned. sOsEs and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail AG, „Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, mi. k r44:,:t ,Ig , te,city opposite the Church. and Son are obliged to guard the public Of b, 41 ,n, haying learned that the vntradesFrianlike !Id Ss: s otted " ,""nected with them, or it's the same concern, dip s hose no ln many instances, and for obvious reasons. ,"Miexiois Whatever with any other estahlishment, "esire genuitio Cheap Clothing should (to pi event •h, ,Lhe &c.) rail or send to, 151, Minories, Sr 68, Aldgate, b 44. Urel,. 114 M l e n t e " trassacted at this Establishment from sunset on °n Saturday, ..hen business is resumed till twelve • ID' PUBLIC N ‘ tilpp p , fiTICE. XFO RD-STREET. 1),,C0 r , — ;" 0 3 kN ° ' • CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. , I.Al", e ' 14 Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. SNUFF.--Under the Ci N'tr,,, — ,,“ ) NE'S EYE SNUFF. IT 1 : ° '''irtl ee .' of k - . 41 5e of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness Tee tiosnitted 1 ,7' 4 , and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally disorders 4 , _ t c , ti,_Ytthe Faculty for its efficacy in removing 14411 11tp . ,Ye,,s and Head, ---,ORM) '—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND lb 11 9 th t 1 0 era° . DEAF NESS CURED! iir t i , te of most suntile deli htful and fra. rant Compound! . 14ltaii.:4ve bt,aPPiication' is f aught ' with pleasure; many thousand Mr, i . ill its n o acc ondished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet e ~,,, 1 44 ;0 tweratlon. If testimonies be necessary to induce the r sis t rr eioafls,uKrEin s Lords, and Commons have used it. Y Rings, ave san ni ctio t la N t i e ed. l ic l' al : t4 14 9 115 , ,, -j'itith that X t air balance, os the Press—have eulogised n e ed m i in ts en u t se. Oc T ul h i e st ir s, 4the EtYe s:niefpLated Herbaceotis Compound, known as I. Gri e m ni 4 A . P p! „,„ a for its efficacy in removing all dirases_mcjd ach. herattrit,A• 4 L etter ead • 9. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S. See . 1 . B. L. Ak Lett 9. Whitehall. Dr. 'Thomas. ;t,tift, .7rh,th),"l?--see his Reports touching its utility. The late i,,,,:tTil call pr. ;calls it t with many others, recommend Grimstonf's Eye 4 _ ee tbe r. t klOt t . " s i t " Mari's best Friend." and the "Student s Vade Ilii s anthorit ` Qb aletd, —any thousand letters of Testimonies,of un Y. with others of the first respectability. e xl!ip t . iii,. Nottingham, Atig.2B ? 5 1 0 84 n 1 t it l 'orei, n 't i y ... cure is attested by Mr_ James Wilcock , "" and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. t 4 4 4 l ..an i d feel treat to Mr. W. Grimstone. it i val the Pleasure in sending you the particulars of , my ~4 4 4 Liabl e p IraCUIOUB cur performed on myself, by u sing y our . .' 4 ll, l ',,ative oltiSnuft. Sir, e 1 am now in my ninety-third year, rO 4 ,lti 4t s'thethes oli and, have been in this country twenty.sr , 2 th ' , In )'' but fb r° 9 l change of climate, or my advanced age, e t . t 5941,1 hale to f . ol r l six years I have been deprived of sight, l lbe e r _ ea7pdati Q "e "' .nly business. Ido most sincerely be is , v oin l . th s ist er 4of fiee l in darKness and pain but for the ku . iid a r s .. 4d. tez o k hov e 4 5 ;oUr A ge 4° n i!e your invention. I urchase ~. M r. Wilcockson, tobacconist, NlitZ r Y of k e facts Kraordinary F„, -....1 declare niost . i n n ct '...' 11 bear witns to my .F... —gr P er f ec t who knows or t ele iia has cstimahln blessing of our me _ Snuff. tr uth ?* i t , ti eof th o , e I roceded from the use of your Eye er y ' suffering you may make what use you please 444 I 'ef e ' r th ". Wilcockso'n and many others will vouch tor its ''' Wellkalo_ Nfferers to this entleman, being your Agent, 11,4, sizze4 should not ' Au e ~ owe in Not g , si tB.: -1 , 1 1, N I. I arn, Sir, your obliged servant, ANNNIS ZENIA MASSENIA.. t4 e l tl 'Ur, an:lninigltatleo.-.•_ you justice without stating my relief 0 " I N t o se _ .by p ers 4 , .. t , My . eyes became clear and n free I fro am m t Yttet ° 4 otl f' s c' i: l i r " 4l . l Print W n ifho i u n t the is tiel v f e r lasses, fre q tiy , and continue " t 'ttit', 4n4l do r e : sin g — Sight! free from min g I ha ve reason to be 11(,)ibtettReham. eoinmend your Eye Snuff to all 1 snow. th e ord the C aution ~. NO' ' Ocli; " n uine is — .T. G RIMSTONE is the sole inventor, I, ii itte„ rifemos RPtePared by him. t s c) hri et 4at 83., is. 3,1 e!'baceous Compound of Herbs is sold in 1 4 4-c ourtl r W• (411/M'slit44s. stL, Ss., and Iss. fid. each . , by th n e , N a n t . 1% ; ;o 6 4 3 -1 ;0 a lx , t fo r r (l e t - s trv n t 6 ltt u t r e y )-, O ' SA t al l , e-tti t d ba e r n y d ,_Pate of etAers, elsa°!ttia anillpte; and cim also be obtained in s all the 14.4,441 g 4 a uT t i a nd .all Pestiflo'e o ll.b i Al in allowance t_ to Shippers tl ' Eye Snuff. This * thtlithiate!itiielssinthlifd t 9 all quarters o s f ° th e e b gloe, and retains i.st i o ti ce. ..Y climate All Snuffs and Cigars shipped 4 Y4 kiilakt4 A . nil.l A ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, No. 21, LOMBARD-STREET, MAY 23, 1844. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE AS SURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their TRANSFER-BOOKS will be SHUT from TuEsDAT, the 4th of June next to THURSDAY, the 4th of July following, and that a GENERAL COURT of the said CORPORATION will be holden at their Office, No. 21, Lombard street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th of June, at Twelve o'clock Noon, to consider of a Dividend. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent-street. Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple. Alfred .Waddilove, D.C.L., Doctors' Commons. Drascroes. Edward Doubleday, Esq., 249, C. Richardson, Esq., 19, Bru. Great Surrey-street. ton-street, Berkeley-square. George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Thomas Stevenson,Esq., F.S. A., Sloane street. 57, Upper Grosvenor-street. J. Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park. F.R.S., 26,Parliament.street. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., 17, Wimpole.street. I Doctors' Commons. AUDITORS. John Pursord, Esq., 7, York- IJ. Stirling Taylor, Esq terrace, Regent's-park. 14, Upper Gloucester-place, Joseph Radford, Esq., 27, Dorset-square. Cambridge. terrace, - Hyde- Martial L. WelchOhtiii p ytigik_ ark:ham-place BryIIIStODARIVEIIe STANDING COUNSEL--John Shapter, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. Batisonts—Messrs. C.Hopkinson and Co., Regent-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 28, Golden-square. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiam Farr, Esq., General Register Office. AcrusaY—F. G. P. Neison, Esq. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed tables, by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms. Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of consumptive families assured at equitable rates. Healthy lives are assured on lower terms than at most ether offices. _ _ . . The first Life Assurance Society commenced business in 1705, and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So ciety in 1841 no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of persons who suffer from disease. The science of statistics has only within a recent period been successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office, is of so great an extent as fully to warrant the extension of life assurance to such cases, and, In fact, to place the application of life assurance on diseased lives on a mere secure basis than even that on healthy lives. It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in common with ether offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons, it is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons labouring under disease ; and to this latter feature particular often. tion is directed. In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than all other offices can have unitedly ; and in the Seoond place, because that branch of assurance must, from its own nature, be lees hazardous, and its principles rest on a more permanent foundation. These are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an explanation of each ; and first, as to the prevalence of disease. The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be. tween 15-60 years of age, and in the following remarks we refer exclusively to this period of life. It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one-third of the total deaths in that period of life takes place from the preva lence of a single disease ; and if the same inquiry were instituted with respect to other diseases, such as asthma, dropsy, diseases of the head, heart, kc., it would be found that more than one-half of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited—in Bir mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes, per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are 1,988, forming considerably more than one.third of the whole. The same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns in Scot land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, from all causes, amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,359, and from six important diseases, 9,754; in the latter case forming more than 42 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. On reference to the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 It will be found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107, from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being more than 45 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which, en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance • and since it thus appears that a majority of the population is included in this class, the value and importance of the new feature of this society cannot fail to be justly appreciated. The second point to be explained is the fact that there is much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and deserves to be carefully considered. The real risk incurred in all assurance transactions consists in the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different degree of mortality from that expected by the tabjee on which its caculations are founded. This difference lb termed the fluctuation of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased lives than over the general population, and among selected lives. The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are sufficiently near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow, from all causes, to admit of a comparison, and by reducing the matter to figures it is found that while the fluctuation per annum in the latter case is as high as 45 per cent., in the former it is only 9 per cent., or, in other words, the fluctuation of mortality in consumption was only one-fifth of the other ; and in Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, even with the disadvantage of smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed 3 per cent., showing a remarkable uniformity in the law which determines the mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute in its results than that which regulates the general population. Consumption has here been selected, not because it was cansi. dcrcd more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the larger numbers affording a more satisfactory proof of the question under consideration; but the same test has been applied to a great number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, drepsy, rheumatism, disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c., the fluctuation was only 71 per cel.t., and in live diseases in a different district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation did not exceed 6.1 per cent. ; and taking the principal towns in England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important diseases was 6•4 per cent. The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro. duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality in disease; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the whole range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the mor. tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be depended on. It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng land, and included the experience of one or two large societies of select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duration of life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz.,• that the value of life generally is much greater in the coun try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons who suWer from disease the value of life Is nearly the same. As an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country districts is 36.7 years ; ir. cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe rence 23 per cent. nearly; but Saks th.• sago of rargo.,. of that age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will ultimately die of consumption, and their expec , aWin of life in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and .Norfolk, will be found to be 14'5, in cities (Glasgow) 14 , 4. and in the metropolis, Manchester, Bir mingham, 13'9 ; difference *Ol7 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It therefore appears that while the difference between country and town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter instance (consumption) the diffhrence is almost nothing, and the results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some other diseases, which have been investigated in this manner. This fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little in fluenced by external circumstances. 'thence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased lives is much less than among select lives and the population gene. rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be lees To apply this conclusion to the affairs of an assurance office, it may be stated, that supposing the number of lives in a society, taking only select lives, was such that the table of mortality would indicate 100 deaths per annum, it would be necessary to have always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet 145 deaths ; on the other hand, an office assuring only diseased lives need not provide for more than 109 deaths per annum; that is to say, the risk of assuring diseased lives is to that of average lives as 9 to 45, or only one- fifth. This fact is highly important to the interests of this Society, and establishes beyond doubt the safety and correCtness of the principles on which it is founded. 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'DISCIPLES OF JACK SIIEFFARD.—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 :—" I 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." Jack Sheppard, whose real name is Nathaniel Shaw, was called "Captain Sheppard" by his corn-rogues, owing to his having been more frequently con victed than any of the band. The boys are well known in Macclesfield as notorious 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. :ors : " The period having arrived, when, in conformity with the terms of the deed of settlement, the half yearly general meeting of the Proprietors is appointed to be held, the Directors have much pleasure in meet ing you to submit their report on the state of the concern, and to declare a dividend out of the profits for the half-year ending 31st March, 1844. "The PrOprietors are generally aware that the.deed of the Company regulates that the statement of accounts is to be made annually only, an arrange ment consequent upon part of the operations of the Company being carried on at such distant points as to create a considerable difficulty in procuring, with accuracy, sufficiently detailed information to enable the Directors to submit half-yearly statements to the Proprietors. The Directors are, however, enabled to state that the receipts for the past half-year have con tinued steadily to increase with the extended opera tions of the Company, and have been sufficient to enable them, not only to meet every arrangement of the Company affecting the trading profits, but also to provide, by anticipation, for tl - •;?, repairs of the Com paps:k_vessc, pul A te.recommend ilie:up):01 dividend of 3i Per centefor the six months ending 81st March last " The Company's vessels are insured for 292,0001., and one half-year's premium thereon has been appro priated out of the profits of the last half-year. " The undivided profits of the concern will amount to about 581., after providing 18,0001. for the divi dend now recommended, and also reserving 8,0001. for anticipated repairs. " The Directors are enabled to state that the Com pany's vessels are in a satisfactory condition, and effi cient for the respective services in which they are en gaged ;—by continuing to act upon the principle, when the vessels are under periodical repair of the hulls and machinery, of adopting every improvement which has stood the test of experience, which the Di rectors consider the wisest economy in the end, they expect that the establishment of the Company afloat will continue to give to the Government the same satisfaction in the performance of the Mail Service which has hitherto obtained for it the approval of this high authority. "In the last report made to the Proprietors, 29th Nov., 1843, the Directors communicated to them that they had tendered to her Majesty's Government, and the East India Company, for an improved plan of operation in the Indian Seas, in order to expedite the conveyance of the mails and public dispatches. A lengthened negotiation has since been carried on by the Managing Directors on this subject, and it is still under the consideration of her Majesty's Government and the Court of Directors of the Honourable East India Company. - " It is understood that her Majesty's Government have it in contemplation, not only to increase the facilities of mail communication by the establshment under contract of a monthly line to and from Madras, Ceylon, and Calcutta, but also that other extensions will ultimately be adopted by the Government in the Eastern Hemisphere. " The arrangements alluded to are calculated to be beneficial to this establishment, and the Directors have reason to hope that the Company's vessels will be employed under contract by her Majesty's Go vernment for the contemplated service. " In order that the Directors should be in a posi tion to give an unquestionable pledge on behalf of the Company, of their ability to carry out the services referred to, or any portion of them, with satisfaction to her Majesty's Government and the East India Company, they recommended an issue to the Pro prietors in England and Ireland, of 3,000 Scrip Cer titficates, to represent 3,000 Shares, of 401. each, being an additional subscription of 150,0001. The Pro prietors responded to this call by applying for 5,671 Shares, representing 283,5501. but it not having been considered necessary to extend the issue of Shares beyond the number proposed in their circular of the 20th February, 1844, namely 3,000, the Directors were obliged to decline receiving the additional sub scriptions thus tendered. " One thousand Scrip Certificates for the same ob ject were also appropriated for such of ,the Proprie tors in India as might desire to avail of the privi lege of subscribing at par for the proposed additional capital ; but the result cannot be known until the ar rival of the July mail. With the view of providing the additional vessels which this contemplated extension of , the Company's operations will call for, the Directors considered it de sirable to treat for the purchase of the ." Precursor" steam-ship, of 1,800 tons, and 520 horse power, which vessel has been purchased, subject to the examination and approval of the Surveyors of the Admiralty, and other competent parties, as to her hull and machinery. " The well-known steam-ship the " Great Western," of 1,320 t ons , N . M ., an d 400 h orses ' power, being also offered for sale, the Directors thought it advisable to purchase that vessel, as she was offered on moderate terms, completely refitted w ith new boilers, &c. &c. This vessel will undergo the same rigid examination of the hull and michinery, and when approved of as efficient for the mail contract service, will become the property of this Company. " It having been intimated to the agent of this Company in Egypt that, in the event of proper fa cilities being provided by the Directors for the con veyance of her Majesty's mails and dispatches on the Nile, this service would be transferred to the Com pany ; no time was lost in contracting for a very superior iron steam-vessel for the purpose referred to, and it is expected she will be sent out in the course of next Autumn ; this measure was the more called for, as, in addition to the for ego i ng reason , the extension of the passengers' intercourse between England and India demanded an increase of facilities for the river Nile transit, the existing means being insufficient for the purpose. "Several complaints, some of them well founded, have reached the Directors, from Indian passengers, who have expressed theniselves dissatisfied with the ar rangement of the Egyptian Transit Company,' for travellers. The man agers o f t h at C om p an y, who h ave the exclusive charge o f th e trans it acros s the dese r t, have promised to remedy the evils complained of, and there is reason to believe they are proceeding to do so satisfactorily ; the Directors are, however, determined not to relax their exertions in endeavouring to obtain better arrangements for the convenience of the public on this portion of the route to India, than have hi therto been provided for them. "The Directors cannot conclude without stating an , additional circumstance calculated to increase the confidence of the Proprietor's in the undertaking, namely, that they have lately been enabled to reduce the rates of insurance on the Company's floating pro perty in Europe, from 61. to five guineas per cent. " The points now submitted to the Proprietors embrace the principal objects of interest connected with the Company's operations for the last half-year, and the Directors hope that the feeling of gratifica tion which they experience in being enabled to make this satisfactory report will be participated in by the Proprietory at large. " By order of the Court of Directors, " JAMES ALLAN , Secretary." It was moved, seconded, and unanimously car ried— "lst. That the Report:now read be received, adopted, and circulated amongst the Proprietors. " 2d. That a dividend of 3f per cent. for the six months ending 3d March, . 1844, recommended in the Report now read, be payable on and after the 20th June, 1844, between the hours of twelve and three o'clock on each day, to such Propriet ors as are d u l y qualified to receive the same. A vote of thanks and confidence was then moved to the Chairman and Directors, which was carried unanimously, and the meeting adjourned. 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 Lawes (the Chief Registrar in London) goes to Leeds. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ISLlNGTON.—Yesterday morning, 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 time 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. 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 I resented a crowded appearance. At half-past ten o'clock Judge Crampton took his seat on the bench, and proceeded to Lear a few short motions of course. The other judges came into Court shortly afterwards. The CHIEF JUSTICE 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 twa coun sel, the Crown to have the privilege of an equal number of advocates. Sir C. O'Loomor stated that he had received instructions to make the motion on behalf of Mr. O'Connell only. The CHIEF JUSTICE—The grounds of objection, as I un derstand them, are common t) all the traversers, and the Court have resolved not to hear more than two counsel. Mr. (MAGIAN said that in all probability he might wish to address the Court on behalf of Mr. Duffy. 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 JUSTICE—We cannot stop the entire business of the county. This case has already occupied the attention of the Court too long. More than two counsel on behalf of the traversers cannot, therefore, be re-heard. Sir C. O'LoatinErt, Counsel for Mr. O'Connell, having stated that if rightly informed by his senior Counsel, he con sidered each of the traversers 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 arrested 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 was 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, sec. 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. He would now come to the other objections. The indict ment contained eleven counts. The 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 teeth 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. Crawhurn's case, reported in the State Trials, vol. 'l3, 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."-Ist 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 (Bth edition.) "It is essential to the formal validity of an in strument, that it contains a direct, positive, single, and defi nite charge."—lst Starkie's Criminal Pleaaings, 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 counts, 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 such '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. Trobridge," Chief - Justice Holt said, " As to the words Juratores ulterius prxsentant, 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 in 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 are 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 prmsen tent quod, the cottage was continued against the form of the statute, because they are several offences."—Crawburn's case, 13 State Trial, 2 So upon an information ainst a ferryman for taking more than the usual rate from divers persons for the passage of themselves 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 I 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 more than 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 be 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 indictment, though the indictment consisted of a single count, and might be ac quitted of all the rest. But that was only when a charge was in its nature divisible, and the authorities show a con spiracy is not divisible, and that a party to be convicted of a conspiracy should be proved cognizant 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 • * 4 '. A con trary doctrine would be extremely dangerous."—Lord El lenborough, King v. Pollman, 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 an 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, and must 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 tl citing a variety of authorities, and arguing the point with great ability, the Learned Counsel contended that repeal meetings were not illegal means of accomplishing the traversers' intentions, even if the " intent" had been pro perly charged in the indictment, which he denied.. Be jud - sides, the charges were so vagu e and general, that g 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 cbjected 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 contended 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 would hold or assert that any number of persons deserved punish ment for endeavouring by agitation or otherwise to effect that reformation. The Learned Counsel then went through the remaining counts of the indictment, and in reference to the last, which charged the traversers with intimidating the Legislature, he contended that there was no precedent on 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 Ellenborough, the highest prerogative judge that ever sat en the English bench. 1!r. FITZGIBBON wished to know if their Lordships in tended to limit the number of counsel to two ? The CHIEF JUSTICE (greatly excited)—Yes. Mr. FrrzGinnoN—Well, then, my Lord, I contend that every one of the eight traversers has a right to be heard by counsel, and insist on showing the Court why the judgment should be arrested. The ArroaNET-GENERAL said, in the course of last week be had asked Sir William_ Eollett, the _Attorney-General for England, what would, be the course there, and the answer he received was, that only two counsel would be heard. Mr. FITZGIBBON said, be 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 Jusncvi—For my own part I am determined to adhere to the rule. . Judge PERRIN—The strict rule of the Court is against you. Mr. Justice CRAMPTON expressed himself to the same effect. And the Court rose. Mr. ArDonough will be heard on the same side in the morning. DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING. The Judges having taken their seats at eleven o'clock, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose and said—ln this case it was not necessary for him to trespass upon their Lordships at any great length; for, notwithstanding the time occupied in the discussion •of that motion, the in genuity and the labour which was displayed in sup port of it—with great respect to his Learned Friend, Sir Colman O'Loghlen—he might be allowed to say that many of the propositions which had been. laid down, the observations made, and the authori ties he cited, were, in his humble judgment, wholly inapplicable to the motion before the Court. That 'was a motion for their Lordships to take the strong step of arresting the judgment, upon the ground that no indictable offence was declared upon the face of the indictment. When that motion was first an nounced he owned he felt somewhat curious to know what were the grounds upon which their Lordships would be called upon to arrest the judgment, and he was still more surprised at some of the arguments offered in support of the motion. He did not mean to dispute this proposition—that, looking at the indictment, if the Court saw—notwithstanding the verdict of the jury— that no crime had been committed, it would be not only the right, but the duty of the Court, not to pronounce judgment upon that record. Therefore he should not not question the right of the parties as to the time of making that motion. The two main grounds relied upon were—first, the caption; and, secondly, the in dictment itself. With respect to the first, he thought he should not be obliged to occupy much time in disproving it. He did not think the Learned 'Counsel trusted very much to that ground, as the only authority he cited in favour of it was the "Queen v. Dan," in Moody's Crown Cases, page 224. With respect to that case, what was said of the Learned Judge on the subject was extra judicial ,• in point of fact no such application was made to the Judge as that anything should be set aside, or judgment stayed, by reason of any objection as to the form of indictment; but there was a plea autrefois acquit, on the reality of which the Judge wished to consult his learned brethren. He (the Solicitor-General) then read the decision of the 'Court in that case, which was to the effect that judg ment should be given upon the indictment. Now he thought this was sufficient to dispose of the au thority of the Queen v. Dan ; it .really did not m r ub be n e f ot u t na h nd e du c tp a ho s en e cto a hn t all. evioc at tohn N . a e n x Td t ,h aewithffi rm ind i ctme n t re at s i respect t o t f o w t t a sh h e e s i ja n ui d dr i o c tr t os who tried the case, and their names were given; but the question raised was, which of the jurors were sworn, or which of them affirmed, or whether any of them were sworn at all. He maintained that this was the proper form of proceeding, according to the rules and practice of the Court. Their Lordships would find in 9. Carring ton and Payne, page 78, at Worcester Assizes, shortly , after the passing of the act authorising Quakers and Mo ravians to be affirmed, Josiah King was called. CHIEF JUSTICE—What is the name of that case? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—It was not & case. This circumstance occurred at the opening of the Worcester Assizes. Josiah King was called upon the grand jury, and he being one of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, Baron Alderson directed that all indictments should commence—" The jurors for our Lady the Queen upon their oath and affirmation present and say" so and so— the very form pursued in this case. He next referred to " Dixon's Quarter Sessions,"page 179, in which the form of an indictment where a Quaker or Moravian were on the jury was set out, and in this instance they (the Crown) had adopted that form in the composition of the record—or rather the officer had adopted it in the record. Judge PERRIN—There was a motion in Court on the subject. The .SOLICITOR-GENERAL--There was, and on that motion it was declared that it was not necessary to name the jurors in the caption. Their Lordships, in order to receive the objection, must alter the rules and mode of practice of Court. If it is to be received, they must say which juror was sworn and which affirmed. The regular form of the rules of the Court must be entirely altered if their Lordships wanted to let in the objection. It was never intended by the Legislature to have it exactly stated on every record what the man was who acted as a juror. To comply with this part of the motion they should put upon the record who was a Quaker, or Moravian—a thing never intended to be done. He next came to the indictment itself, and he doubted not that the objections would be found wholly untenable. Cer tainly the case had been argued with great ingenuity— with great care and ability—and if any objection could be found to the indictment, it would have been discovered by the Learned Counsel who argued the case. The first ground of objection was to the first count in the indict ment, and that was the ground. of duplicity. He (the solicitor-General) did not dispute the proposition ad vanced, that two sevelial icrimes committed at different times could not be included in a single count against two individuals—they could not mix up a number ofchargesin the same count, and to do this was what the Learned Counsel called "duplicity." He did not question the ofsound ness h ttheism that prop a countositiont laid ig h m us ht contain don ,one but charge he ai should i remind d overt acts to prove it. He read an extract from Ist Chitty on Criminal Law, page 169, which showed the general rule. The passage was to the effect that one count of an indictment could not mix up several offences, but it might set forth one offence and several overt acts to establish it. That opinion had been followed by Lord Kenyon and Lord Ellenborongh, and was considered the established practice of the Court. If their Lordships received the objection made on this point, they would be called upon to frame an indictment which would entirely alter the rules of the Court. Sir Colman O'Loghlen cited page 53 of Archbold's Criminal Law, to show that an indictment could not be double, and that a count could not contain two several charges against two persons. This stood to reason; as because each charge might bear a different punishment, but in a further passage Archbold said that such an ob jection could not be a subject for arresting the judgment, but might be used on an application for a writ of error. That very authority Sir Colman O'Loghlen cited him self, but he omitted the latter passage. The Learned Solicitor having replied to all the objections advanced in support of the motion, concluded by expressing his opinion that those objections were wholly untenable. Mr. APDONOUGH next spoke in support of the motion, and when he concluded, the Court adjourned until to morrow morning. " The Attorney-General will close ,for the Crown to morrow morning. Should the Court refuse thimotion, the sentence will not be passed, it Thursday. is thought, until REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The Association held the usual weekly mee ting on Monday at the Conciliation Hall. It being generally understood that Mr. this would would be would in all proba bilityu be the last occasion onwhich present previous to the passing of the sentence, the hall was densely crowded. At one o ' c lock the Hon. Gentleman en tered, and was received with e nthusiastic cheering. When the applause had subsided, be chair. that Sir Samuel Brad street, Bart., should take the The SECIMTARY then read the minutes of the last day's proceed i ngs . After some business had been gone through, Air. O'CoNxer.i, again rose, and said he had to move that an address to the people of Irelar4d, on the present position of h e public cause, be prepared for circulation against th e p ass - Lig of the sentence. That sentence might, or might not be carried into effect immediately. They intended appealing to the House of Lords, and 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 leniency of the Court of Queen's Bench.--(Hear, hear.) In any event it was right that the people should be perfectly pre pared, and 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 Jaw—they should be made to understand that, and, moreover, that nothing would be more desirable to certain parties that an opportunity of 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 best peace officers they could have.—(Cheers.) The magnificent contributions which he had that day handed in were evidence that they were heart and soul in the cause. The Hon. Gen tleman continued to address the meeting at considerable length. He showed that Ireland was in a worse condition row 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 shortenmg his life was not the w a y to lengt h en 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 any motion-day later than the fourth after the day on which the notice is given. Thus, while Tuesdays and Thursdays 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. Villiers 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 dis posed of, introduce his important motion for a Committee of the whole House on the revenues of the Irish Church. Mr.H att 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 eo 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 quitt-Jnond. 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? On the contrary, will it not be, as It always is, that the Government will theme 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 of 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. THE ETON MONTEM. The celebration of this triennial festival of the scholars and students of Eton College took place on Tuesday, 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 . into the amusements 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 announcement in the order 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 bill 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 costume or custom, the fair capitulated, the fools followed, and the handsome brigands retreated without hue or cry, with kid purses as large as nose-bags, filled with our notes, gold, and silver. , Several foreigners, we perceived, looked unutterable things.. Our national character fbr 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 Queen, 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 he called " Absence," as Etonian term it, that is, ascertained who were present, ut lucus a non 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, fell into the procession, and played alternately martial music until they had thrice gone 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 nave 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 said to be got up for his benefit; and a bumper we may imagine it proved, from the intrepidity and cool arrogance with which his armed followers stopped her Majesty's lieges on her Ma jesty's highway and under the windows of her Royal palace, and levied contributions, as in days past did the Highland freebooters, upon all her Majesty's subjects that happe ned to be led to ton through curiosity or business. m ac o e u d n t t h e too Co..o k place according to the custom. Th 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 cha p el, a tine old Gothic building, nine times r e -echoed the sincere and loud acclamations of a crowd comprising as m uch of hi g h r ank , gal e . Prince soon after fol lowed in two carriages t o witness - t e o ve t r he gr , asn the waving of the l it a t s i s o t n ry o a f l a s dp monarch.eerless T beauty he as ro c P e e s r s i lo a n p s flag. He did not descend fr o m his carria ge , but, after being l ou dly cheered, proceeded to London by a special train at h a lf-past two. Th er e were present on the interesting occasion the follow;- p ing noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Lincoln, Lord Campbell, and Lady Stratheden • the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham ; Earls N e l son , Fowls, Sheffield, Camden ; Marquis Chandos ; the Duke of Lein desdale, Fielding, Ingestre, H owe, N orthland, and Eliot; ster ; Earl and Countess of Dartmo u th ; Lords Se-aham, Re the Rev. Mr. Peel and lady, Sir Geo. Wombwell, the Re corder of London and his lady, and the Judges Coleridge and Patteson. The festivities in the eyot, in which the captain gave a dinner to his fellow-students, did not close till a late hour; and the public were admitted indiscriminately to the play field, in which the Coldstream band performed throughout the evening a variety of the choicest operatic and national airs. We are happy to record that not a report of a single acci• dent reached us. MR. D'ISRAELI'S " CONINGSBY." —We are re.. quested to state that a new edition of this work will be ready fur publication with the Magazines to-morrow, May 31, and those who have been hitherto disappointed in procuring it, may obtain it of any bookseller. THE AUTHOR Or " STORIES OF WATERLOO." 4--• Besides the poet Barry Cornwall, Horace Smit h, Leman Blanchard, - Titmarsh, Peter Priggins, and Mrs. Troll lope, we understand that Colburn's New Monthly Maga zine for June will number among its contributors the popular author of " Stories of Waterloo," W. H. Max well, Esq., whose paper is entitled " Memoirs of' a Gen• tieman on Half-pay,' a subject which will doubtless re ceive effective illustration from the pen of this favourite writer. BRIGHTON, MAY 28.—Lord Wm. Harvey arrived here this evening by the General Steam Navigation Cora. pang's steam-ship Fame. A CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.—An accident of the most frightful nature, owingto the carelessness of the pa rents, occurred on Tuesday in Westminster. A woThan named Hill, who vends articles in the Broadway, and lives in Snow's rents, went out at about one o'clock to get some .oatmeal. leaving an infant in bed, and a child, th ree y ears o ld, w ith fire in the room, and on her return, in a few minutes, disco vered the room in flames, and the child, three years of age, burnt in the most frightful manner. It was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, where it expired in a few minutes, Leadenl -tall street. PENINSU LAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. hereby Incorporated by Royal Charter. that the Half-year s DIVIDEND of Three er Cent. for the Six Months ending 31st March last, dthe iooh, P.c.f . -Yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors, on , 51 e "t cti 141/4,..!5e4.4, Will PAID at the Offices of the Com f pa i 4i3 es , s . rs ,. '' , v a or to Irish Subscribers, at the *431 ,17th 411 2„ a 11d. Sons, 38, Dame-street, Du O bl ifi in c , es on o and after " 4,, 111 June, between the hours of Eleven and Three By order, Lem on JAMES ALLAN, Secretary. 29, 1844.