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

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' l5 a dlorii 4 ;0 51 t„ W „ei rig at • to e ' e( i „ ul tifig , 0 Co t t pr .e 0 lif tbe ce d ~0 0 01 0, igit: 4 e o en d es lige;os, ~ft4 Y u ot 0 51 , N" 0 0 lo w , Ties tbe e• Vber l jc said De 4 SLINI IA A irt 0r ii EW S AZM tthitt eptuton. " Who runs may read." ZIOR,iGN. Disgraceful riots have. talc place at Philadelphia, caused bybeen killed e m htir isun ch drsfandln lictween the native inhabitants the Irish population. g The Americans burnt down two and lity houses, and fifty people had killed or wounded. On Saturday evening the King and Queen of the French i e t ee i,ved the Brazilian Minister, Generals de Preval, Latour -larzobuirg, and Du Roure, Counts d e Segur, Saint-Priest, 111. cl Du.breuil, Baron de Talleyrand, M. Franck Carre, and te_lon, Mayor of E. f the Prince Joinville went to Compiegne, as has a7i announced," says the Constitutionnel, "he did not re ill there long, for he was at the theatre on Friday, and on Daturday he visited the ExhibitionafiNational Industry. ,, traThe Prefect of the Seine, Count de Rambuteau, gave a nd dinner on Saturday, at the Hotel de.Ville, to the mem 'Ls of the jury of the Exhibition of National. Industry." A rc h" e Pope has addressed a letter to the Roman Catholic ; ch % l 'aops and Disbars, calling their attention to the efforts ;pt. , are being made ,by various Bible Societies, and par arte by the Christian Society of New York, to produce ?Olt dissent in Italy. • al " e ing of Bavaria- arrived at Florence on the 14th, and Fareded at the Pitta Palace,' where apartments had been pre fo h. or r r ~oth, for R eeeption. His Majesty was to leave on the 15th tw o ome. g at Alit English families, who •arrived Lin Thursday eve e nr e dent werP from London, were so alarmed by the late to on the railroad, that they determined to proceed one of with post-horses. Before they arrived at Vilvorde, in,_l3 their carriages was overturned into the canal, and the i l lt e es were saved with difficulty. Arebb ; e , il res and clergy of Paris generally waited upon, the in 'stiop of Paris last week, to protest against a passage s_eisPeech of Dr. Persil, in the Chamber of Peers, in which bI 'ephrKe of disssions between the inferior clergy and h °Pacv LaMt.te, the banker, died at Paris on Sunday, aged 77. sev e r , e , hl , the heavy falls of rain on Monday and Tuesday gain osethe,.bears in the Garden of Plants were nearly ° ' r the f le d. The d ra i ns o f th e i r f osses b ecom i ng c hoked, swill le ft t their and thd peer animals had no other means of lives than by climbing the dead trees that are _ ere for their exercise and recreation. felt i o ' l e Q arn from Naples, May 15, that the alarm which was t hrea - t e „tily as to the crops, owing to the drought which ref t - tu famine, has ceased, abundant rains haVing fallen esh the earth and promate vegetation. At th • LAW AND POLXCE. atth e e Sheriffs' Court, a special commision was held,issud theof the Crown, by the Commissioners of Excise, was _at, the estate of the late Mr. Edward Hall Campbell,.who lite distiller and rectif ••er carrying on an extensive business e Wcastl e - npon-Tyrie, ) fo'r allegedfrauds upon the revenue, ‘'Doti ot - g te 1 5,8711 lls. 7d. The jury found for the whole w,ll. claimed by the Exchequer. slue t ,,, 1 'am Clough, master of the brig Bolden, of Shields . , was l t n h ed at the Mansion Howe, to answer the c . omplaint of t ' i" iti ng for hewn . unlawfully detained him a month spat b 4 an was necessary for the • discharge of the cargo of We / 4g ill the port of London. The Lord Mayor gave the Day eat a day to answer the question, whether he would " 0 111 ( 1% 4 ' 4 in for a voyage and a half; if he did not, the law ~,Joha , e,Plit in force against him. L' e k, - a4 - ' i , v art, the mate of theship Alexander, from Ros -nrdwth;ieuarged at the 'same office with having been on 1 , - "ay a 0,,; v essel, with the knowledge.thht she had stowed 11 int o „ngst her cargo a larg e'quantity of tobacco, made ;taw h a N a ,reels, each of which weighed a pound. Two of the :,``arre "een committed a few days before, upon a similar , efei' The mate was not brought up with the convicted laPto t l t „ et s , because of the inconvenience likely to arise from "as stat e an officer so prominently engaged in the vessel. It tw o. ated It th irds by Mr. Davis, one . of the revenue officers, that was of the tobacco used in the metropolis is smuggled. ed (.`"so stated that same of the steam-vessels had been <", 00erty times for car g smuggled goods, and that Pc :, 1111 weight had 'been lately cleared out of the Cas- It he ‘e Dutch cheeses. The penalty of 100/. was inflicted. gateet Mermen's Company have taken out a summon s :her r , !Ile father o f the boy who was entrusted with . the " l e sinking of which caused the loss of so many lives ildon-brid l4ll4 p c l ien ' e as Walk g : . r, the collector of the City street-toll at "bstr il et, bar oolas charged at the Guildhall, with unlawfully `, 4, Yriie n -: t il g the public highway in Fleet-street, by enforcing to h ist of the toll, by forcibly hindering the pas . sage of a t ` l ,, t sis e .,ad of forthwith distraining something in, or be -47,a) er'e t 7 teti ' t b cart, as directed by the statute in respect to tomcat tollY the statute, and as the custom has been in art, created by grants from the Crown, or cus j(k)lt ell s. The ease Was - heard by Alderman Gibbs, who th ne to consider upon it. ita y t 4ks a nd girl only thirteen years of . age, with Thos_. 3 bOrnT i san Hayes, her parents, who have nor many 411 1 0 , - Wh o ba the 'Lie character of hard-working respectable people, the .e a family of seven children, were brou ht be -I,?nler a gistrat e for re-examination at Queen-squa g re, the ; ti t a, • 4 ged with tealing a 10/. note, and the two latter w v ? of klng f eloniouhl s y received it. The girl was in thFser rs r • J. Severn, the artist. The daughter and father 'll vititnitt be 4[1 34 ed, and the mother was discharged. _ at, Wa s b le ary, of Soutkplace, Hercules-buildings, La it t ;'ilt a rged at MAO- hall with committing a violent . Noel: William Parnell, by which his life is placed in k r 4f • Cl in d , a nger. He was-remanded, bail being refused. kf e ' r l alla o lL e s Pearson, the City . solicitor, attended • before 'e, at the Thames Police Court, to prosecute an al e ar bri g against Mr. John Alexander, the . master of the Liberty and Property, for remaining in the Pool j e th t „Period than fifteen days, contrary to the by-laws ti et Te4g n intion of the port of Loedon, by which he had t k e i 's all ow " Penalty of 20L, or 10/., for each day beyond the w 4 ,„ e d; It being the first offence, the penalty Of 40s. ` je Thenlaw will, it is understood, be rigidly 1 11 a r i rier —PASI37CONABILE. for SI a nd Countess of Wilton have left Grosvenor krNt Lord Chamberlain's (Earl Delawarr), D.Tk t:lNL,et'',,rlear East Grinstead, to meet his est King • of Saxon The Noble Earl and Countess return %, j , e , a tYli, Pr idaY Ind Saturday, having been invited 1!) h e. "e Queen to pass the Ascot race week at Windsor ti "tts mane of Sutherland, who went to the Albion Hotel at I. l4 h,... tW eelt. — a ce ° ll- lpanied by the youthful Marquis of Stafford, tec ° r the improvement of his Grace's health, is not -, t , e nas B ,, ' 0 return to town until early next week. The 4, 1 7 t CM the Ladies Leveson Gower remain in town. wo r Fars of Granby has left St. James's-place to at f4ey, his of the late Hon. Captain Charles Stuart ht 1,618 L ordship's brother-in-law, whose interment was (4,""elvoi;ee,„yesterday (Tuesday), in the family mausoleum Castle. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley left t4;itteboerror-street on Monday to attend the funeral. itt L ( ll , l ,ed e i w ger Countess of Essex had a small and distin k,lttes,z,,e to witness the third representation of Catherine 11 g : was he r mansion Belgrave-square. The temporary the party in the dining-room. It was after twelve v a rtY broke up. ten 't th t ies b IZSCELLELNEOUS. p ‘ov ` l aj the a nnua l genera l meet i ng of t h e corporat i on Naval School took place at Willis's Rooms, sport ' th;James's for the piirpose of receiving the re vie e-otincil for the past year, and to appoint the pre er:Presidents, and directors, for the year ensuing. la e d 11 ' w as numerously attended. From the report it ce " ad th at tl St a .' and ~, ie school-house at New Cross is nearly corn -114;n1 250 -1" be opened in August. It is calculated to ~,1 h ei0,3 78. The donations and subscriptions to the 'n and and other funds, including interest on stock, ~V:91%.1,4,11Ce5, &c., amounted to nearly 20,0001., fFom h tlu el vestm i ''' ,° ° o f. had been expended on the building, , io tt - s % th er : in stock, and after defraying necessary ex 'lll° k m ' renntined at the bankers 913/. 13s. 9d., in addi -4 qtr e ''e(l stock of 7,673/. 19s. 7d. 1 41 ) '1' the l i te been some slight showers in the course of the I tee l tj, so a, I ,; i Tneter is gradually falling, and by the time of trt4, o 4 is anti is on Friday, a favourable change in the lien It staid' coi'leiPated. For the last ten days it has been ex• the aid der for the season. nee e i ,<l, in the New York Tribune that a discovery has 1 )y ~4 1i tat if. "Y Mr. Shneon Broadmeado ' w, of New York, in o T i et ure of iron, by means of - which the iron ore is I)44rtirtt can Process converted into wrought iron without (04 file into pig-iron, and at a less expense than the '4 ,s-at, ue made,ls,jparationshave been making for the last fortnight ilif f the :.4i)iverB. Cathedral, by putting up benches all round for tN a t eat pars!":„Y festival of the Charity School Children of the t ile r arld isg es in the City. The rehearsal took place yes to.tiZaa eersidering unpropitions state . of the •ni-ea '•°W - ' II Y attended. The festival will take place morning. IVrING INTELLIGENCE. : IL, „ TA:TTERsALL's—YESTERDA 41) - s • , • t o _, th_ afternoon• i n .. of ettling, if so disjointed an affairbedeservin „ St h 3 !lae, Commenced- yesterday . -,ailte 'Fription Room, and, a t.in,.nch l'reN,sa.l'lte consideration hen ate—w t wiirtlit than we had ventured to anticip taking all the circu Pritieilii"° completed the lawyersiproved quieter 41,t4tere 11P°4 which it took place has. Running (kV " - -h in which neither . 1 4 1 to r , ese accounts in vi , alone c b a e n en te a ll lr ; ea t d h y e l all or name occurred were although bets optthe 0 11e ., 11 as touched either of them, t wo Oaks Were involved, stand over, except settled in full, t , W e ht,a Whining balance was shown on e ld ac n h o o t ' 4 'Qti -11 es, in which we presume there coil,. It will tio,bilpeetin to Pay the smaller with the i 'lei l , - „ Y occur to any one acquainted of the 'itst, \',- ef betting that a settling of det e rmined tls amouni. '''; 4 % .; : i admit, that could have been an 4Nens"'ettlated to give the round betters _ nas. kind (the 14 li e h -"° advantage over the backers of horses,i on t6 it. Las the latter have nothing to do but It° pay,., kr wivateo favourites and to wait the law's" iti,,,. b:l4,tever th for 44 i,14`,1' Makinng the book-makers their bankers e may ' chance to win on the " delay" t}lat end period and exposed to contingdeeciid 4ey Z llll be very well understood by those the alkiletioWledge of Derby settlings. 5 0i , , ° f a dispute occurred, until late in the_three „,ho_nhave after jr Ivb- -laving t hal," it wherem. _ . attend dwithout the iltie ' 4lll4 t,hen °lily in consequence of N o t t w h o ing or aeti"° f anci e d b e . e between Or b and .eause .theyhad betted . i de .l,unning Rein since the 405. lleviously would necessarily remain in a of th 4 Sett t'° s Aet►k of winner s and losers in this stagehence, p er , ae LI -rnellt) would be idle. Some rac . e, that h b o e 3 t ,. s . months the Deiiit.l's, went, may be able to satisfy the curious on . t°r (l's n W e should not omit to state that Mr. Croc . k o: 4ltbou",e°llllt was entrusted to Mr. P. Clarke, consider -1 414 Ro there are entrusted dissentients, made cons!.d. ittogresss with it. 500 was 1m;1 0111'Nor Rtiii AND :ORLANDO,6OO to - - oth, le e On Orla d cr bets n o, and afterwards 500 and several at evens• I,l‘re ,311 t RURNING REIN CASE. . • A:1 requested by. Mr• Gill, the solicitor for Iliilqiei, "'oofd, the owner of Running Rein, to give Ii (0? to the following of s tatement:-- 1, 114. T o V of letter trona Air. Gill to the Stewards.) , e honourable her• of Epsom Races. _ 1,114. title 1 . ) 1 e nlen--As solicit f r, and on the part and he: of Icl, Air. Alexander WO r od o , the owner of Running ri ll ist b r i' e g the favour of cur appointing, twelve o'clock mee t ° -av next, to pros e y ed on bt of the Hen. Et tld al e Ail son, to ►Qualification 'of Running Rein, 4° to fIZ the hour Of two vet w k of the same day, to proceed on the evidence of disqualification to the same colt to be offered on the part of Colonel 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 he 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 Pee], 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 hat be lfas caused notice of action to be served on Mr. Areatherby, we decline further interference with the uestion of the qualification of the horse Running Rein. And retrain, Sir, your obedient servants, " DE TEISSIER, " GILBERT HEATIICOTE. " To Mr. Gill, solicitor to Mr. A. Wood." LEANDER. . That the public may hear both sides of thd 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 suspicion, 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 Eebruary 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 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 DAY.) MANCHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY. _ The Wilton Stakes oflo sous. 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.) Dawson's Lord Saltoun, 3 yrs ( Riley) 1 Mr. Mr. Price's Mis , 5 yrs - , . 2 'Mr. M. Jones's British Tar, 3 yrs The Manchester Cup of 150 sovs, added to a Handicap of 20 sous 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, 6yrs .. 2 . - Mr. Worthington's ilooton, 4 yrs Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs olds,. ist ; 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 ... 1 Mr. Robert's Ali.:erare, 5 yrs Mr. M. Jones Phoenix., 3 yrs Mr. Bowes's Saddle-bow, 3 yrs ' 0 Mr. Dawson's Attorney-General, 4 yrs ~ ... 0 Only one heat was run in time for post. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Blanche de Vainly 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 Valmy (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 thb 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 bands of St. Hilare who is driven almost to mad ne ss w ith 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. former villainy, brings about the denouement by re storing St. Hilare 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. COURSE OF MCCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp 25 90 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 144 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 mouths .25 85 Marseilles 25 90 Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine Petersburgh, 3Us 36 Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz • 3 . 6 i Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — BUSINESS 0 SLUE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice .......... 47 Naples ........ Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 54 Oporto 534 Rio Janeiro.. 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NeWl'ork,2l clys sight Philadelphia -- PRIMES OF BULLION, mu oz. Foreign Gold, bars.. '3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silrer in Bars 0 4 1 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 mentof 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 Tiesdays 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 ou Tuesday, the 4th of June, with a notice of a resolution on the coal duties. Tuesday, the llth 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.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 Jo 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? On the contrary, will it not be, as it always is, that, the Government. will then 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 instanee, Lord Worsley's - Incbssure Bilt—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, : ass 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, f or th e attend ance f Liberal Members of Parliament. The game ofparly 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. LORD COTTENH.A.M'S DEBTOR AND CREDITOR BILL. (FlOlll 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 aregenerally 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 be 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 Alffect 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 g oes on to say :-- "That 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 gusty 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 2) 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 to his debt, on condition that he shall not oppose, while by the discharge all other debts are cancelled _ _ COURT OF 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 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 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. SINGULAR TENURE.--King John gave several lands at Kipperton and Atterton to one Solomon Attefield, to be heldby 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 . TURE.—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,' vid Southampton, on the morning of the 3d of every month, and vict 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. Ono 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 - ltis'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 SAXONY.—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 (Wed nes d a y). DEATH OF THE EARL OF ATIILONE.—WC 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 Hague, where his Lordship and fainily had fora long period resided. The de ceased William Guatauf Frederick de Reeds 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. . I),ISCIPLES OF JACK SIIEPPARD.—vn, Thursday last there were five bdys 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 iii 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 ho found the produce of a , robbery effected at Mr. Hall's, bookseller, Northwich, upon the parsons of the prisoners. They were committed for trial ' at the present sessions. —Chester courant. • BRIGHTON, MAx 28.—Lord Wm. Harvey arrived here this evenineby the General Steam Navigation Cern ; pany'S Ateavalliip FAUN. 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. Ililare, 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 t goldiers 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 !" 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 was 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 Prosper 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 acknolyledging and craving pardon for 1135 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 ease 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 mer ciful man 2) .. _ _ 1,679 474 1,147 141 2,226 112 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 o f, h ear i ng or without opposition ; of those opposed, 1,147 were nevertheless discharged, and only 361 remained for punishment. Oat 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 Deducti ng 361 w h o were :—" reinanded, 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 abr oga t e d ; t h e pr 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—How many more would be 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 snch are there pow, more tbtiu there used to be t • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1844, 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 I A. B. C. . D. E. Total. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. £. s. d. On Assessments made by the Commissioners for General - Purposes 2,150,412 10 9 298,763 0 0 ... ... 1,235,147 16 8 38,711 0 03,723,034 7 5 On Assessments made by the Commissioners for Special Purposes on Profits of Trade ....... ...„ •.• •.. ~. ... ... ... 231,837 13 0 ... .. 231,837 13 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 ofany Foreign State ... ... ... 812,982 13 1 ... .. ... ... 812,982 13 1 ••• On Offices and Pensions as- _ sessed by Commissioners of Departments ... ... 221,946 11 3 221,946 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. 34,989,801 4 9 SCOTLAND -.. ... - :... ... *394,324 10 3 Total Collection £,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 ,:o April, 1843. • - * The Amount collected in Scotland cannot at present bd distinguished in Schedule* ; Accountant and Comptroller -General's Office, Stamps and Taxes, 21st May, 1844. THOS. LIGHTFOOT. AReturn, showing the Number of Claims of Exemption under the Property Tax Act received at the Tax-office up to the 20th of Kay, 1844 ' • the Number on which the Duty has been repaid ; the Amount of Duty repaid ; the Number of Claims in which Orders have been issued by the Board of Taxes for 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 Claim's' received Num fro b m er A o s f ses Cl s a m im eli s t 0n ,.. w .. h .. ic . h . Duty h . as . been repaid Amount of Duty re p a id - £69,101 9 s. 3d . Number on whi c h O r d ers h ave been issued for discharging the Property of the Claimants 49,370 Number of Clai ms rema i n i ng i n th e Offi c e for Examination and Inquiry * Of these about 6,000 claim s h ave b een f oun d defective, and returned to the Surveyo rs f or correc ti on or amendment. t These claims will be disposed of during the present week. Special Commissioners' Dpartment, Stamps and Taxes, 21st lky, 1844. JOHN FULLER. since all punishment (nearly).' is removed by the I mock humanity of the law? If the law-making class were addicted to picking pockets after the Fleet street fisbion, 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 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 ju r y ; 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 ! 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 1,147 474 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 Neuroies. The best treatment for it, as far as research has yet gone, consists in abundant exercise in the open air, and nutritious diet, neither slops nor stimulants, the pressure on the brain is - by these means relieVeil, 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 201., 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. Bentley, London, 1844 . The " Triumphs of Time" consists of three tales, 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 Glelimore, 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 translation from the French of Count Alfred de Vigny, l and turns upon the melancholy fact of a blunt but kind-hearted captain of a French vessel, having been ordered to sail with two young people, just married, and greatly attached to each other, ho are to be treated accord ing to certai n sea l e d 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 yangrtiridegroom 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 his subsequent remorse, and of the madness of the bereaved girl, is exceedingly affecting, indeed quite painfully so. 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 Wyldo (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 Devoreux, Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuth not, and Colonel Wyldehonoured the Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. . Their Royal Highnesses the PrinFp- : 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-offibe. • 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. W ---- I the course of the THE ANCIENT ELLS.— n 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 Bead 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 was fOund, upon clearing away the earth for a foundation. It is supposed that after the Fire of London many wells were lost, which were coverodoVer 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. 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 CniEr 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 two coun-' sel, the Crown to have the privilege of an equal number of advocates. Sir C. O'Loaiit.E. - 1 stated that he had received instructions to make the motion on behalf of Mr. O'Connell only. The Cluny JusTicE—The grounds of objection, as I un derstand theni, are 'common to .all the traversers, and the Court have resolved not to hear more than two counsel. Mr. O'ITAGAN said that in all probability ho '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 impied, he should certainly claini the right of being heard. - The Crum , JusTrcE—We cannot stop the entire business of the county. This case has already occupied. the attenticat of the Court too long. More than two counsel on behalf of the traversers cannot, therefore, be re-heard. Sir C. OTOGIILEN, Counsel fur Mr. -O'Connell, having stated that if rightly informed brkia sertiot;Counsel, he con sidered each of the traversers were entitled to lie heard by counsel, proceeded with the 'motion,. dri 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 hot been found guilty of any indictable offence, for that the parts of the indictment u p on 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 indietreent bad upon that ground. The statute allowing Quakers to affirm in place of taking oaths is the. 3d andAtla William IV., cap. 49. The recant statute, 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 85, sec. 3, only ap plies to cases where written doeunaents 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 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 iu 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 (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 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 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 prnsentant, 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 prm 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 cottage. so erected ; and they are to have several punish ments ; and beCaithe - 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 priesen tent quod, the cottage was continued against the form of the statute, because they are several offences."—Crawbarn's case, 13 State Trial, 234. So, upon an information against a ferryman fur 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 22G. 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 more,than one ultimate object is entertained by conspirators there ceases to be a single con spiracy : there are, th 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 commondesig,n, as the intended result of tke 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 ivhich 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 * * *. 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 nett 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 Ring 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 justifrait 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 sot illegal means accomplishing th e t r aversers' 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. lie also objected that the manner and means by which '" discontent, excitement, dis affection, contempt,- and opposition" was accomplished, s hould have been stated; and a l so t h at it should leave 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 indict a bl e , 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, lie contended that there was no precedent on re cord for such a proceeding. Threatening the llouse 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 Elleuborough, the highest prerogative judge that ever sat on the English bench. . Mr. FITZGIB BON wished to know if their Lordships in tended to limit the number of counsel to two? The CIIIEF JUSTICE (-greatly excited)—Yes. Mr. FrrzGrenoN—Well, then, myLord, 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 ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, in the course of last week lie had asked Sir William Follett, 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, he had no doubt that Sir William said so, but that did not make it law, or abrogate the right.toP which the traversers were entitled. The CHIEF JUSTICE—For my own part I sun determtned to adhere to the rule. Judge PEniuk—The strict rule of the - Court is against yen; Mr. Justice CuAurrox expressed himself to the same effect. And the Court rose. Mr. M‘Donough will be heard on the earn° side in the, morning. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The Association held the usual weekly meeting to-daY at he 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 enr tred, and was received with enthusiastic cheering. When the applause had subsided, he moved that Sir Samuel, Bracb.;, street, Bart., should take the chair. The SECRETARY then read the minutes of the last day'i proceedings. After some business had been gone through, Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said he had to Move that an address to the people of Ireland, on the present positicn 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, 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.—(llear, 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 law—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 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 Hou. Gen tleman resumed his seat amidst the greatest applause. - - Mr. S. O'Basc seconded the adoption of the address, and then proceeded to observe, that the imprisonment of Ma. O'Connell would sever the link which binds Ireland to Eng 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 of guiding the destinies of the country.—(Cheers.) Amount of the rent for the week, 5501. 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 Montein 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 apace of three long years, the wodd 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 naa., 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-hill 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 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 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 part 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 /mous a nom luccndo. 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 oppidaus. 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 name of Drake, being pecu liarly_ appropriate, however, to his present locality, whick consists of ponds, eyots, islands, and is surrounded—often overflowed—by water. Being the senior scholar on the foundation, and proceeding to finish Isis 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 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 ie tricks of a juggler upon a rural stage, followed—the Prince bowed, and the chapel, a fine old Gothic building, nine times re-echoed the sincere and loin]. 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 descend from his carriage, but, after being loudly cheered, proceeded to London by a special train at 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 ; thee 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 festivities in the eyot, in which the captain gare 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 repot of a single acci , dent reached us. CALEDONIAN BALL.—This annual fancy dress WI took place last night at Willis's Rooms. It was more nume rously attended than on any former occasion. Some of the Royal Family, and all the elite of the haut ton, were present. The costumes were chiefly Highland and military. Dancing, which commenced shortly after ten, was kept up with un tiring vigour till an early hour. The band was relieved by the Duke of Sutherland's, Captain Charles Forbes's, and Cal'" taro H. Stewart's pipers playing strathspeys and reels. COTENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—TDE MASQUERADIU —The second masquerade given this season at this theatre s came off on Monday night and the following morning . numbers were not so great, perhaps, as at the first oneie_at least upon the platform, but the boxes and other p a_.sadvartiv. theatre were completely filled. It was perhaps o tags that the platform was not so crowded, and the. more especially by a class of persons who only confus e the sued dancing and roll about in a semi-state of intoxication, to annoy interrupt. On Monday evening there was nothing of this numerous, without The company on the platform was very um without being a mob, and the dancing and the other arrango ments were exceedingly wall sustained and conducted. The supper was such as is generally seen at public occasions, the and the of the creature comforts were not, as usual, 'Se the i l M s ' an orst to be obtained. The baud, under the direction of Mr. Weippert, who presided, and appeared with his harp high above the rest of the numerous musicians, was exceed ingly effective, and executed its task in the best manner. Ono great feature of the evening was, at least up to the late hour at which we quitted the theatre, that decency and de• corum were observed. At things of this sort some allowance must be made for exuberance of spirits and the excitement of the scene, but we saw little to be blamed, and for such an amusement a good deal to be spoken well of. There was a vast number of persons in character, as it is called ; and it would be much more amusing on these ossasions if every body came in domino, or in some costume different from the dress of every day : The decorations of the theatre were very splindid, and in good taste. There ,were chandeliers, banners, flags, looking-glasses, and everything to give the appearance of a joyous scene. Altogether,lte affair was well got up and well conducted ; and if all masquerades be con. ducted with similar good taste, good judgment, and decency. none but very fastidious persons can object to their occasional introduction amongst the amusements of the town. Dullness is the worst that is to be feared. Tim OLD BANK.—We are glad to be able to state that the creditors of the Old Bank, Dudley, received * dividend of ss. in the pound on Wednesday 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 the pound. That there must be something substantially wrong in our monetary and commercial matters, when such an establishment as this Old Bank, possessing ample resources, was compelled to stop payment, is obvious. It is said, and we believe truly-, that •if Mr. Dixon had retired from busi. nets • only a very short time ago, be could have done so upon 3 00 , 0001 . ; with that spirit, however, of continuous enterprise which characterises the nation, 1 and has raised it to its present commercial superiority, he continued extending accommodation to all around him until overtaken by one of those periodical - convulsions is trade incident to our defective monetary arrangements ' he was obliged to submit to the ordeal of the bankruptcy laws, and to which no man possessed of such ample means of meeting all ordinary demands upon him ought to hay 9 been subjected. —B irmingham Journal. DIE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Nnw PICTURER.—. The National Gallery has, within the last few days, illative* new pictures added to its collection of intrinsic worth. They consist of " A Jewish Rabbi," by Rembrandt, formerly in _ the collection of the Duke of Argyle, but purchased .at - the sale of the late Kr: . llarniants pictures, for 400 guineas, by Mr. - Farrer. The " Infant Christ embracing John the Bap- , tist," by Guido, sold to Mr. Seguier, at the same, sale, for 390 Iguineas ; and a- beautifullittla.portrait- of " Gerard D.)w a painted by himself, also formerly in Mr. Harman's colleetioils . Tl,lin little gem was bought for 121 guineas. 120 i 107 i ' 59 52i 99t