The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-27 00:00:00

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9 JAN ITA Ry 97
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iLOSS OF THE AMAZON.
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen £l5O 0 0
Iler Royal HiglineAs the Duchess of Gloucester 20 0 0
The Duke of Somerset
30 0 0
The Du •hess of Somerset 20 0 0`
The Alliance Marine Insurance Office ( by Cap-
tain Ergiedue) . . . . . .50 0 0
The Mayor of Southampton . . . .25 0 0
Englisli and Scottish Law Life Assurance So-
ciety J. Wiblin,'Esq ) 2l 0 0
Arthur Bailey, Esq., Ilarefield . . .10 150
00
5 Mr. C. Passmore •
Messrs. Crookes, Regent-street . - • 5 5 0
The Countess de Morella . . . • • 5 0 0
Sir J. J. B. Mill, Bart.
Miss Robinson, Lowndes-square . •
Charles Sawyer, Esq., East Cowes Castle
Messrs. W. and R. Stride, Redbridge .
3lrs. Rivett, Shirley . . • •
Mr. Adam Schoales • • • •
Henry nallem, Esq. . . • •
H. It Wolverhampton . • • • •5 0 0
Mr. shakespear Phillips, Hertford-street . 5 0 0
Mr. J. T. Waddington
Messrs. Srifith and Son; Strand . •
Mr. Beavis, Oronoco . . •
Friends . . .
3 10 0
Collected by Mr. Nevill, West-end - . . 310 0
'EdWard Kater, Esq.
Fred. R. Crowder, Esq., Enfield . .
Mr. T. P. Payne
3 0 0
Mr. Mark Capper
Messrs. G. E. Baleras, Philpot•lane . 22 0
Dr. llearne
2 2 0
Mr, Thomas Brettell, Rupert street . 22 0
Mr. G. I. Leon, St.'Mlchaers-alley . . 2 2 0
Colonel licynardson . . . . 2 2 0
Mr. E. L. Gower .
The Young Men in the Establishment of Mr.
B. Harvey, Knightsbridge ▪ . . . 1 5 0
General Ewert
Mr. E. Harvey, Knightsbridge . . . 1 1 0
Mr. J. Nichols . . .
M. S. Davidson, Esq , Spring-gardens . 1 1 0
Mr. H. Brett, Holborn . • . . . . 1 1 0
Mr. Wm. Foy, Little Chelsea . . . . 1 1 0
Mr. David Davis . . 1 0
Captain White, R.N. . , . . • 1 1 0
Mr. Chamberlayne
Major-Generall Hewitt, . .
. .Captain Lacer,
A Widow • .
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▪ • - •
Mr. H. Ashley
Mr. R. Richardson
Mr. T. Simp`son
Mrs. M. E. Fox
Miss M. E. Fox

By order of the Board,
H. A. DRAKE, Sec,
London, 26, Moo:gate•street, Jan. 24, 1852.

Collected exclusively in the Stool
poor Relatives cf the St

c Exchange for the Widows and
tfferers in the Amazon.

L. 11. H. . .
S. Spurling . .
Henry Orisewood .
Wooldridge . .
N. Wilkinson
I. C. Morrico
11. Tudor
Perkins . .
Play ford . .
R. Nunes . .
11. Morris
L. Helbert . .
John Wagg . .
Mrs. Wagg
H. De Zoete . .
R. Samuels . .
D. Davidson . .
Oliphant . .
E. Morgan . .
A. L. Cawthorn .
W. J. Barker . .
P. Mitchell . .
Albert Cohen

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Henry Hayes . . . 0 0
W. Fuller . . . 1 0 0
E. Whitmore . . . 1 0 0
d.. Whitmore . . 1 0 0
M, Flower . . . 1 0 0
E. Levien . . . 1 0 0
Edward Kennedy . . 1 0 0
Bragg and Stockdal. . 2 0 0
P. L. Slous . . . 2 0 0
J. E. Rougemont . . 1 0 0
W. E. Wilkinson . . 2 0 0
Hamerton Williams . 1 0 0
Hammon Paine . . 1 0 0
R. S. Wilkinson . . 1 0 0
L. E. Slade . . . 5 0 0
Jas. Walker . . 1 0 0
J. Scott .' . . 1 0 0
S. B. Worms . . 1 0 0
Barber, Bros. . . 5 5 0
W. Baines . . . 2 2 0
Ely. Brown . . . 1 0 0
Ed. Cavenove . . 1 0 0
Roscoe . . 1 0 0
Corbett . . . 1 0 0
femlin . . . 1 0 0
Ths. Oliver . . . 1 0 0
I 11. Spurling . . 2 2 0
Jean Graves . . . 2 0 0
Cawston . . . 1 0 0
Edward Heselline . 5 0 0
j. Dooree . . 1 00
L. Lerinitte . . . 1 0 0
J. Lerinitte . . . 1 0 0

EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which
is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums MO/. I Is. Bd. ; but
the profits being 2M per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which
is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 157/. 10s. added to the
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In-
surance is for Life.

Every information afforded on application to the Resident Direc-
tor, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London.

LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
L W Fleet-street, London, Jan. 14, 1852.
Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the
Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the So
ciety's Office, Fleet-street, London, on MONDAY, the 2d day of Fe-
bruary next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, pursuant to the
provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of
receiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the accounts of the Society
up to 31st December last, and for general purposes.
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES.

Moicow Browne .
Henriques . .
I' Spurling' . .
John Phillips .

. 1 0 0
. 1 0 0
. 1 0 0
.5 0 0

The DIVIDEND on the Capital Stock for the year 1851 will be
PA ID between the hours of Ten and Three daily (Tuesday's ex-
cepted), on and after the 12th day of April next.

E. T. Skinner

1 0 0

C OMMERCIAL and GENERAL • LIFE
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION,

H. Gray, jun. 1 0 0
W. Morris . 2 0 0
T. B. •
2 00
Haggard 1 0 0
J. Hutchinson . 5 0 0
C. Wilkinson 5 0 0
Raphael • 2 0 0
C. Edwards 1 0 0
J. W. Robins 1 0 0
liaise •
1 0 0
Russell• ▪
1 0 0
E. Sutton . 1 0 0
Hill, Fawcett, and 11111 . 5 0 0
C. Cancellors 1 0 0
G. Raincocks 1 0 0
11. Wilkinson . 5 0 0
Medley • . . 1 0 ()I.
Routh . . . . 2 0 0
Boulton, jun. • . 1 0 0
G. Hill
• • . 1 0 0
R. Manning • . 1 0 0
C. Furlonger • . 1 0 0
W. R. Mitchell • . 22 0
Barnett and E. • . 50 0
J. B. - • - • '2
2 0
Turner and A. • • 2 2 0
C. Cothorn . • • 1 0 0
C. W. Morice • . 1 1 0
J. Williams, jun. . . 1 1 0
H. Ridge • • • .1 0 0
C. llartridge • . 1 5 0
John Barclay, jun. . 1 0 0

No. 112, Cheapside,

*Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the Shareholders in the Association will be held at the Office
as above, on TimasnAT, the 12th day of February next, at Two
o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Directors' Report,
and electing Directors and Auditors for the ensuing year, &c., ac-
cording to the provisions of the Deed of Settlement.
By order of the Board,
JAMES DANIELL, Secretary.

Edward Lloyd

IJ. W. Scott .

R. Ricardo

John Hesenine
T. Hakes .

Afendes

January 27, 1852.1

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IBubl

j Henry Bilke .
'Burton . .

!J. Underhell
IJ. It. Soden .

Alexander •

Banbury
,Carr

W. McMullen ,
George Towgood .
S. H. P. . .

James Block . • • 2
L. Richardson • • 2
A. Hojhton . • 1
Philip Cazenoos . • 5
W. Upward . • 1
A. Levy . . • 1
James Wetenhall . •
F. Harrison . • 1

Price and Brown .

Stikeman

.100

T. Uzielli

. 2 2 0

Fres. Wetherby
Perkins, see.

Price and Pott

. 2 2 0

W. Hartrkdge

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Marzeie
Roger Eykyn

.. Jourdan

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W.Crook

Kitchen and G. .
Anonymous
A. Hitchcock
Hensley and Sons
Charles Ponza .
Frith . . .
J. Davis . .
T. Browne
Seymour
Witherby . .
Pittard . .
L. Phillips . .
W. Stutfleld . •
E. and G. Wood
N. Morris . .
G. Paine . .
R. France
Bostocks
P. Ricardo
D. Wilkinson
F. White
E. T. Lodge
Torrens
D. Tyrie
W. Morgan .
Pulley, Jun. .
William Powell
E. H. . • •

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Thomas Thompson
Alfred Goldsmid .
Ivie Moe Rae .

I. P. Bond

George Wedd . . I
Sir William White . . 1
S. Woods, jml. . I
W. R. . . I
11. Love . . 1

C. V. .
Adderley
L. 111. Simon

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Albert Shewell
Henry Cohen .
For. Echalaz
A. Hudson
C. Mitchell .
it R. W. Carden
Joseph Barber
I. M. Mackay
T. Lloyd
J. B. .

F. W. Medley
Drewett

Major

Slieppard and Son .
Thomas; and Son 4 .

T. W. Bell .
L Burnand .
W. Dettnar .

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Stanley Howard

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Taunton

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G. Bally •
W. Chaplin
G. Sclilotel .
Bush . •

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Peppercorne and Co.
(Sidney Lawrence .
no.Haes . •
W. IL Hawkins .
Dodson . . •

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B. Greenhill .
J Jones
M. Paine
W. Taylor .
C. Greenhill
J. Sutton, jun.
Owen Tudor „
Charles Telford .
H. tirisewood :
Thomas Vile . .
I-leery Cazenovo .
Henry Hopkins .
J. J. Clarke . .
T. Landeman
Alfred Crosley .
Ahred Short
Simon Waley
Amory . .
John Short . .
Jacob Waley
Charles Stokes
Robert Field
George Pecket .
F. Vigne .
C. W. Lodge
Amount previously advertise
Published by order
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-•- • • • - J. Williams, Jan. • t • 1 1 0
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Total . . £417 12 0
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• of the Committee,
,RLES E. DEACON, Hon. Sec.
nary 15, 1852.

Audit House, Southampton, Jai

PATRON—H. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT.
R.,OYAL roLYTECHNIC INS 'faIITION.
Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Philosophy of Scientific
Recreation.—Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., en Chemical Experi-
ments, beginning with the variable conditions of Oxygen and Phospho-
st--Locture on Sykes Ward's New Submarine Lamp.—Numerous
ifr C 3 oriels, Works of Art, Specimens of Manufactures, Re., from
in _D I eat Exhibition, explained by Mr. Crispe.—Optical Effects
8401
Diving BoviiagBcnNriews, Microscope, Chromatrope, &c.—Diver and
Admission, is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age,
Open daily fro%
Half-price..
turday, from .eve l Eleven to Five. and every Evening, except Sa-
Half-past Ten.

THE SILENT FRIEND.
THE
- ~AEGES-O:ORTIET
IN SIX LANDarr
CONTAINING REM Dy4,lri Itt,ePlEtE
QIIijuAndLreIIedICA.TIONS,V:::::
CHoloEerDeldl:oqrilra.velar.
IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRLAGE.
TOIFVDEISINEAcSAE:
Gds I.
line as
tOasm. p6s!.
osldpusiltpryaltcedi
ciTALeiyODAiniems
by post, from
A. New EditiOnietllEaregteebduteohml9o6nt,pag.,
T" SILENT FRIEND, a 'Medical Work on
qualiflcllitletui Which
y em, produced by
exceasive indulgenee, . en, or the abuse of
the exhaustion and
epehnyeseicieualeedeeeceaeyfofinthfeeeu...st
' h directions for the use of, the preventive lotion, f cd..
a-- m rriage, ana the dis
m roily, wit
lowc.l by observations 'en
By it. and L.
21, 1 aternoster-rew • Ha so
PERRY and CO., Consulting, Surgeons, , street, Oxford-
prevent R. Illustrated by 100 C oloured El9n,grtaevirnagers.s.
63, and Sanger. 150.
streot, London. Sold by 9trange,.
Goraon,l46,Leadanliall bran. -.4 '
Sutton, 10, B • -6
--
-;
Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; W. owChurch-yard ;
• Butler, 4, Cheapside ; it,
W. Edwards. 67, St. Paul's Church-Yard ,;
by •
physiology of the re-productive
TAUT Johnson,
L6trB,oCatosmohlf
the
e;
aanandtoSminyipaknind,pShtlyttioners Hall-court.
Organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured EngraVings•
PAsm 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
diligence, and their lamentable effects on the Fystemt, Producing
mental and bodily weakness,
nervous excitement, and generativeincapacity, incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
P.)..ax 111. treats of the diseases resitting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form
their treatment. This sectionis illustrated by 62 Coloured Erigl ay'
ings. and contains explicit direct for

PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by 3
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
Pkyr V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its dn-
g as. The ceases or unproductive union are also considered, and the
whole subject critically and philosophically inquired
Trim Coanikt BALD' oF Synit.t.crat is exclusively employed in
treating nervous and sexual debility, in-ictence,
e his. and 335.
par bottle. The Concentrated Detective Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary
,synaptonis, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 83s. oer
Specificbettlo• Perry'a Purifying Pills, 2s. 9d-, 4s. 6d., and 1 Is.
per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and
ehroeic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
it. A minute detail of the case is required: ago, habits, and posl-
tiOn society. 51. Packets, with adviee„ to be bad at the Rata-
oply, by which the fee, If,. is saved. Messrs. Perry,
gargconS, aro in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-
street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sm.
,kivi Irons Eleven to One

GEOLOGICAL MINERALOGY,
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

Professor TENNANT, will commence the SECOND PART
of his COURSE of LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view
to facilitate the study of GEOLOGY, and of the application of
Mineral Substances in the Arts.
The Lectures will be illustrated by 'an extensive Collection of
Specimens, and will commence on WEDNESDAY MORNING, Jan.
28, at Nine o'clock. They will be continued on each succeeding
Wednesday, at the same hour. Fee One Guinea.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

MISS JULIA BLEADEN'S CONCERT will
take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on
THUitSDAY EVENING, the sth February next, at Eight o'clock
precisely, on which occasion sho will be assisted by those eminent
artistes, Miss Louisa Pyle, Miss Poole, Miss Emily Macnamara, Miss
Pyne, Mr. Swift, Mr. G. Permit, Mr. W. A. Payne, Mr. Henry Corti.
Pianoforte, Miss Eliza Ward and Mr. F. Osborne Williams ; Con-
certina, Mr. J. Ward ; Trumpet, Mr. R. Ward ; Flute, Mr. Richard-
son. The Concert Choir will likewise perform several of their most
admired morceanx. Conductors, Mr. Howard Glover, and Mr. F. O.

Admission—Tickets, 2s. Gd. each ; Reserved Seats, 4s. ; to be had
of Mr. Prowse, 48, Cheapside ; at the London Tavern; and of Miss
J. Bleaden, 10, Bloomsbury-square.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish -to Steaks, Chops
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Carries, and Saludl
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach ts,
perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and. delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and ' Perrino, 6, `'ere-street, Oxford-
Street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay, and Sons, Messrs. Crosse :Ind Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London ; and ene rally by the principal dealers in
sauce.
N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.

DINNEFORITS PURE FLUID MAGNESIA
Has been for many 'years sanctioned by the most eminent
of the medical profession, as an exc,?,llent remedy for
ACIDITIES, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND

INDIGESTION.
As a Mild Aperient, it is affinirab•ty adapted to Delicate Females
particular.), during Pregnancy ; and it prevents the food of infants
from turning sour during digestion. Combined with the
•
ACIDULATED L EMON SYRUP,
it forms an Effervescing Aperient Draught, which is highly:agreeable
and efficacious.

Prepared by DINNEFORD and Co., Dispensing Chemists (and
Geweral Agents for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Belts),
172, New Bond-street, London, and sold by ail respectable Chemists
throughout the Empire.

CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS.
Now that the season of animal festivity is terminated, and
the respective boarding-schools about to be reinstated by the busy
throng of youthful aspirants, their personal comfort and attractions
become naturally an object of gr. sat solicitude with friends and
relatives. Now it is that Rowlands? Macassar Oil, for accelerating
the growth and for improving and beautifying the hair, Rowland?
Kalydor, for improving the skin and complexion, and removing
cutaneous eruptions, and Rowland: b' Odonto, for beautifying the
teeth and preserving the gums, m tut be universally considered in
dispensable.

Beware of Spurb ms Imitations.
The only genuine of each bea rs the name of " ROWLANDS'
preceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label.
Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20,. Hatton-garden, London, and by
chemists and perfumers.

DEFENDING• THE CITY!
Fortification of our Ports! increase of the Army ! Ballot for
Militia ! great orders for Firearms ! and inspection: of our warlike
resources ! _

Whatever may be the opinion of our citizens on these points, we
do not profess to know, but hope the authorities who defend our
liberties, property, and lives, will Net to the satisfaction of the peo-
ple, and for the security of our industrial institutions. It is the pro-
vince of E. MOSES and SON to defend us from misfitting garments
and extravagant charges. If expel ties are incurred by our fortifica-
tions, and they are charged on the people in rates or taxes, E.
MOSES and SON have the satisa:ction of stating that the small
charge for clothing at their Establishments will refund the cost to
the public, and when it is remembered they are the largest
merchant TAILORS in the kingdom, HATTERS, HOSIERS,
FURRIERS, &c. &c., and the sat ne advantage is secured in every
article, this fact will be selt-evidhnt. By these means E. MOSES
and SON propose to met the exige acies of the nation. Their cloth-
ing will be found a perfect security from the cold and damp of the
present season, a substantial fortifl,!.ation of the purses of the citi-
zens, providing them at the same I dine w,th the productions of the
first artists of the age. The prope r fortifications of the Cty will no
doubt be soon complete. The coat iletoness of the estab ishments of
E. MOSES and SON has rendered them popular in the City and in
the Country. Any description of dress for ordinary or special occa-
sions, Travelling, Mourning, Festive, or Wedding, may be had at one
moment's notice, at their establish melds, accompanied by a perfect
fit, and adapted to all ages. In one • word, every article required for
a Gentleman's complete wardrobe, for ornament anl comfort in a
Lady's dress, or usefol clothing, for every Mechanic or Artisan, cat:
be obtained at E. MOSES and SO ti"'S complete Outfitting Estab.
lishinehts, at the lowest price, and 01 the finest and most substantia:
uali ty.

BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING
COMPANY.
The London Committee of this undortakim; having as.certained
from the various estimates furnished them that one half of the pro-
po-ed capital of 200,0001. will amply suffice for its present prosecu-
tion —lt was resolved, in pursuance of the power for that purpose
contained In the'bye-laws of the Company, to limit the issue of
shares accordingly.
In pursuance of that resolution 100,000 shares only have been al-
lotted, sod the corresponding amount of capital has been fully
paid up.

NOW READY,
THIRD EDITION OF Iviß. DISRAELI'S
POLITIC AL. B lOGR APHy OF
.LORD GEORGE BENTINCK•
" As tracing in the political life of Lord George Bentinck the far-
=Hon of the new party which his energy may be said to have
created, the publication of Mr. Disraeli is at this moment most valu-
able and most opportune."—Morning Herald.
This biography cannot fail to attract the deep attcntion of the
public. We have rarely, if
ever, met with a work more replete with
interest." —Blackwood.
Coeburn and Co., Publishers,
13, Great Marlborough-street.

_ .
The remaining shares will not be issued until after the General
Meeting of Shareholders in the month of June, 1853 ; should the
extended operations of the Company then render it desirable to
raise additional capital, such further issue of shares will be made as
may be resolved upo.l by the shareholders, who will then be entitled
to the option of taking at par value a proportionate number of such
issue to that which they may hold at that period.
An agent of the Company will leave England .for Sydney. on
Thursday next, the 30th inst., by the vessel called The Roman Em-
peror, and it is anticipated that the complete staff, with the neces-
sary machinery, will be ready to sail by the end of the month of
February.
The bankers' receipts will be exchanged for certificates of shares
on and after Monday, the 26th inst. The Company being exempt
from the operation of the Joint-Stock Companies' Registration Acts,
no deed or other document is required to be signed by the share-
holders, and no further liability beyond the amount already paid up
can be incurred.

UNITED KINGDOM. LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place,Pall-malL.London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh;
12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College-green,Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman. •
CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
H. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq:
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, ✓an. 26.
(Sittings in Banco.)
MILLER V. SA!..O3IONS.

Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL (in continuation from our
paper of yesterday) said—lle should, in bringing the
statutes before the Court, divide them into two classes-
1. Those which impose on Members of Parliament the
duty of taking the oaths of abjuration and supremacy,
.and incidentally those statutes generally which impose
this duty on any members of the public. These he
statutes. 2. Tue statutes of
should esti the ebligatory
an exempting character. These statutes were enacting
not declaratory. Under this class would come those
specially affecting Jess, those affecting Quakers and
Moravians, some of which also applied to Jews, the
Emancipation Act, and, lastly, the 1 and 2 Vie., c. 105,
entitled " An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of
certain oaths;" an Act general in its character, not
applying to particular persons, but enacting that all per-
sons should be bound by an oath, administered to there
in the form binding on their conscience, without respee,
to any religion or sect whatever. Ile should be milieu,
to hear Low it could be argued that that oath, which
had been taken by all. Members of Parliament for so
many years, and by all persons called to the bar, need
not have een taken by them. Be did not propose
to confine himself to the law as to the oath to
abjuration. The present case undoubtedly turned
upon that oath only, but light might be thrown on the
questiop by considering the other oaths also. The first
statute on the subject was the let of Eliz. c. 1, entitled,
" An Act to restore to the Crown the ancient jurisdic-
tion over the estate ecclesiastical and spiritual, and abo-
lishing all foreign po veers repugnant to the same."
The 19th sec, imposes on archbishops, bishops, and cer-
tain persons therein enumerated, the necessity of taking
the oath of supremacy, and it is directed that they shall
" take and receive a corporal oath upon the Evange-
lists." This being on the Evangelists, he should con.
tend that it must have been taken on the New Testa-
ment. • The concluding words of the form given were—
"So help me God, and by the contents of this book."
The next statute was the sth of EUz. c. 5. Sec. 5 again
enacts that the oath should be a corporal oath on the
Evangelists, and prescribes a form of oath to be taken
verbatim. Sec. 16 imposes the duty of taking this oath
on Members of Parliament. It was plain that a Mem-
ber could only have taken this oath on the New Testa-
ment, and as a Christian oath. Next came the 3d ty
James L, c. A. This statute had been said to contain
the germ of the oath of *abjuration; but the form of the
oath there given has been described in subsequent
statutes as the oath of allegiance and obedience.
By sec. 13 it is enacted that for the better trial
how his Majesty's subjects stand affected in point of
their loyalty and obedience, it should be lawful
for any bishop in his diocese, or two justices of the
peace, to require persons of the age of eighteen,
under certain circumstances there mentioned, to take
the oaths thereafter "following up on the Holy Evan-
gelista." Sec. 15 gives the form of the oath, which con-
cludes with the following words, similar to those used in
the present oath—" And all these things I do plainly
and sincerely acknowledge
express words by me e and swear according to these
eP",I3, and according to the plain
and common sense and understanding of the same words
by me spoken, and according to the
plain and common
sense and understanding of the same
words, without any
equivocation or mental evasion, secret reservation
whatsoever. And Ido make
recognitiontiaisor
knowledgment heartily, willingly upon the
and sc.
true faith of a Christian. So and truly,,
help me God. This oath
could only be taken on the Evangelists, that is the New
Testament._

Baron MARTIN—What
that time, if required to sal yeas
to become of a Jew at
Sergeant CHANNELL ',.e“3 an oath?
the Act. -take are not contemplated by
Sir F. KELLY—They had
before, and they titer© not been banished centuries
stored till Cromwell's time.
Sergeant CHANNELL--
tians could be admitted to t that time none bat Chris-
it was the express Policy a°ffir,ces- He would show that
intention of the Legisla-
ture at that tune to esecasdn"
e ita btit Christians. By this
Act of 'Jo es I. members
pressly affected, but by 7th ofJ Parliament were not ex-
eimesl , c. 6, a. 2, after re-
jectsciting that to show how gre
his Majesty's loyal sub-
approve the said oath Ettat eYy prostrato themselves at
his Mejesty'e feet, beeeecein
g him that it may be ad-
ministered to all his subject
,a?, it the
enacted that all per-
sons above eighteen she
gelists;
and by see. 8,
members of Parliament aro ex-
pressly required to take it. Next came 3d Charles IL, 2. '2 ,
c. 1. This did not alter the Oath of supremacy, as set-
tled by the Act of Elizibeti,
against
tnsuperadded the necessity et
and
obedience
ef. James, ha. t, nor the oath of allegiance
signing a declaration
transubstantiation. By
section 2, it is enacted that eat Member of the House of
Commons shall vote or sit until
of allegiance and suprem„y, t'l he shall take the oaths
make, subscribe, and
audibly repeat this declaratio and
he
following•—then a form
of declaration is given, ',het
eminent of the Lord's Supper believes that in the sa-
there is not any transub-
stoatiatiese &c. Could any
doubt that the Legie-
!attire meant the taking oe°ne
these oaths "upon the
Evangelists, and this chciarati
the subject of a Christian er of a specific belief on
Christianity of the person takingeetrinn' as a test of the
these oaths and de-
claration. Baron ALDERSON—I do not uhnderstand how any one
could declare that he believed
the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper there was not ant in
who did not believe in the Lord, Y transubstantiation,
Sergeant CHANNELL—If this was •
onintended as a test of
Christianity, then it is incumbent
show some Act of Parliament repea the other side to
then
there could be
the course of legislation stopped here,llg this test. If
no doubt on the subject. But
William and Mary, C. 1, s. 1. It wouldilnatzle the Ist
to draw attention articularly to taie Abe necessary
subject,
not appear to have been noticed in 't "et, as it did
which had taken place elsewhere on tlaeshe discussions
this statute remained in force down to 1‘ that
Wm. IV. The Ist Win. and Mary, the Ist and 2d
and s imposing the old oaths of alierdance 1, repeal the
oathstitutes new
macs ton Members of Parliament, and enl:
and supre-
oaths,repeat-
enacting that the taking the new
ing the declaration against transubstantion 8
all intents
of the 30th
Chas. 11., in such manner as the taking the
in that
and repealing the said declaration was re said oaths
c
Act of Chas. IL, shall be good and effectote tired
and purpeses, as if the old oaths had been taken,
further enacts, that the new oaths are to be taken and it
the same penalties as the old, and that Members of under
of Par-
liament shall take the new oaths within theorseenee time,
manner. sec,
Par-
and in the same manner and form as they ~,,
to take the old, and not in any other
gives the form of the oath, which concludes sin) 1 Sec. 6
help me God," without the words, " On the truethe
er
manner as the old, that must be on the
that is, on the New Testament. This Act appliedgits.-
Members of Parliament. Then came the Ist ~ to
Mary, c. 8. which it bad been supposed repealer era,' and
the old oaths. Still, down to a late tine those oaths had
been adrairdstered. That Act is entitled "An
and. after reciting
abrogate the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, and
to appoint other oaths;'' the Ist
Elizabeth, e. 1, and 3(1 James 1., c. 4, enacts that no
person shall be oblged tout take the said oaths.
By' sec. 3, new forms are ahorised to be taken
by all pereons who were required to take the previous
oaths. S,?c. 5 imposes the, same penalties as
impose 3 of on failure to take the old oaths. This
act
did not in say way interfere vvith the declarations against
transubstaaaiation. The forte of oath given by the
la
tute did non contain the words " on the true faith ofe-
Christian," Next came the statute of 13th William
111., C. 6. By this statute the w
oath of abjuration --e—e
first impor ed in the form in which it is still taken. The
only modi ficatious which it bad nudergelle, down to
6th eeorg es 111., were those which Imo
necessary to

I meet the changes in the succession to the Crown. One
other alteration was made by the statute of George
iu
ei 6, after defining the who
constquenco of the death of the Pretender. The
13th William 111.,
are to take the oath of abjuration, thereby .ivpeenrsoaamso
sr
whom were not included Members of Parliament,g nsgets4
out the form of oath, concluding with the words, "And.
andj truly,
I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration,
renunciation, and promise, heartily, willinglY
upon the true faith of a Christian, so help 'me Gud."
By sec. 10, Members of Parliament are required, before
voting or sitting in the House, to take this oath in man-
ner following:-" that is, between nine in the morning
and four in the afternoon, at the table in the middle of
the House, whilst a full House of Commons is there
duly sitting with their Speaker in his chair." Sec. 11
imposes a penalty of 5001. on any one voting not having
taken the oath. Then came the Ist Anne, s. I, c. 22,
which gives a similar form of oath with a like conclu-
sion, substituting the name of Anne for William. The
next statute was the 6th Anne, c. 7, which by sect. 20,
provided a form of oath to be taken from and after the
demise of her Majesty, in which form blanks are
left for the name of the Sovereign, whoever that
might be, it being .at that time uncertain whether the
Electress of Hanover would succeed. The Ist Geo. 1.,
stat. 2, c. 13, carried out the alterations contemplated by
the last statute of Anne, the Electress having died
shortly before Anne-by this Act a form is given, filling
ep the blanks left in the form of the Act of Anne with
the name of George. Sect. 17 indicts the penalty of
5001. on any Member who shall presume to vote, not
having taken the said oath. This is the section under
I which the present action was brought. There was in
that form by this Act prescribed no real alteration of
the oath, it was to be taken in such manner and tone-
' therewith the other oaths and declaration against tran-
substantiation in the former oaths. Then came the 6th
Geo. 111., c. 53, which was passed in 1766, the Pre-
tender having died in 1765. By that Aoka form of oath
is setoneand required Oise -taken :by all -i*IPBO7IB who
by the previous Act of Ist Geo. 1., st 2, c. 13, and sth
Geo. 1,, c. 29, were required to take the oath of abjura-
tion. This is the form in which the defendant was re-
quired to take the oath, but the penalties were recover-
able under the Ist Geo. 1., c. 13. These statutes were
all which came under the first head of obligatory sta-
tutes. He now came to the second division of ex-
emptoey statutes. The first division of these were the Acts
applicable to Jews. These statutes were most of them not
to be found in. the ordinary edition of the statutes. The
first of these was 9th Geo.L a. 24 (1722). This Act was im-
portant in two views of the case. It showed that Jews
were expected to take the oath of abjuration in the then
usual form, and that it required an Act of the Legisla-
ture to exempt them from this necessity. By that Act
it is enacted that every person of Jewish religion in
England, eighteen years of age, who had not taken the
oath of Ist Geo. 1., and who should neglect or refuse to
do so before December 25, 1723, should, before March
25, 1724, register his name and estate, as Papists were
required to do. The next statute of this class was 10th
Geo. I, c. 4. This Act was relied on as creating an
exemption fee the defeodent. After raciting the last-
mentioned Act of 9th Ge 1., and that the greater part
of the parsons thereby ufThcted had taken the oath, but
that by reason of the shortness of the time all )wr d all
had not been able, and that it was necessary to extend
the time, then, after making certain exemptions of
women and others, it proceeds to make certain provisions
at to Quakers, and then proceeds:-" And whereas the
font-tine: tvorde are contained in the hatter part of the
oath of abjuration, viz., upon the true faith of a Chris-
tian; be it further enacted, that, whenever any of her
Majesty's subjects processing the Jewish religion shell
present himself to take the said oath of abjuration, in
pursuance of the said recited Act or of this present, the
said words, upon the t-ue faith of a Christian,' shall
be omitted out of the said oath in administering the
same to such person, and the taking the raid oath by
such person professing the Jewish religion without
the words aforesaid, ire like manner as Jews are
admitted to be sworn to give evidence in courts of
justice, shall be deemed to be a suflieieat taking of the
abjuration oath within the meaning of the said recited
Act." The only effect of this enactment was to allow
the Jews to omit these words when taking the oath,
for the purpose of the 9th Geo. 1., e. 24, but
for this purpose only. It;gives no indemnity for other
purposes, and thus does not all come up to the exemp-
tion which is contended l'or on behalf of the defendant.
The next statute was the 13th Geo. IL, c. 7, an Act for
naturalising foreign Protestants that should settle in
the North American colonies, for which purpose they
were required to take the oath of abjuration. It then
enacts that when any person of Jewish religion shall
present himself to take the oath, he might omit the
words "on the true faith of a Christian." These were
all the Acts relating to 'Tows in particular. Then as to
the course of legislation with respect to Quakers. It
would illustrate with what scrupulous care the Legis-
lature had proceeded when it proposed to relieve the
Quakers. As to them no doubt the oath of abjuration
was entirely repealed. The 13th and 14th Charles 11.,
c. 1, imposed a penalty of 51. on Quakers who should
refuse to take an oath. The Toleration Act, Ist Wil-
liam and Mary, stet. 1, c. 18, requires Quakers to make
a solemn profession of their Christian belief. The 7th
and Bth William 111., c. 34, gives power to take affir-
mations of Quakers, instead of oaths; Ist George
Stat. 2, c. 6, gives further indemnities to Quakers, and
makes perpetual the 7th nad Bth William 111., C. 34,
and appoints a form of affirmation. Bth George L c. 6,
gives a different form of affirmation, omitting the words
"in presence of Almighty God," ,which had been ob-
jected to as being a form of adjuration. The 22d
George 11., o. 46, which makes provision for a great
many things, from the price of breed to the Quaker's
affirmation, recites that doubts had arisen whether it
was admissible except where specially declared by
an Act, of Parliament, and enacts that a Quaker's
affirmation shall be admissible in all cases. The 9:11
George IV., c. 32, makes their affirmation in criminal
eases. In 1833 the 3d and 4th William IV., C. 49, was
passed, whereby Quakers and Moraviuns
ere allowed
to make affirmation in all cases whatever.
Baron ALDERSON-Mr. Pease had taken his seat in
the House of Commons before that Act.
. Sergeant CHANNELL-Yes, but he was liable to pe-
nalties if he had improperly taken his seat. He was
advised to get this Act passed,
Sir F. POLLOCK-It is a matter of history that it was
the unanimous opinion of all the lawyers of the Houso
that Mr. Pease was entitled to take his seat. Sir H.
Peel, Sir W. Follett, Lord Campbell, and myself, were
Members, and we none of us had any doubt.
Baron ALDERSON-It would be dangerous to take the
opinion of a Committee as binding in a court of law..
Baron PARKE-That Act is nor retrospective, so that
it would have done Mr. Pease no good.
Baron ALDERSON-Probably the time for suing had
expired. These statutes with. reference to Qeelters ex-
hibit a great contrast of the care taken with regard to
them to what has been with regard to Jews, it the de-
fendant's view be right. Then the Catholic Emancipa-
tion Act, 10 Geo. IV., o. 7, gives a form and repeals this
obligation of taking the oath of abjuration so iar only as
Roman Catholics are concerned. The last statute, and
the one an which the defendant must rely, is the Ist and
2:1 Viet., c. 105, which " enacts that in all cases iu
which an oath may lawfully be and shall have been ad-
ministered to any pesos, either as a juryman or a wit-
ness, cr a deponent in any proceediug, civil or criminal,
in any court of law or equity, or on appointment to any
office or eraployment, or on any occasion whatever, such
person is bound by the oath adestaistered, provided the
same shall have been administered in such form and
with such Ceremonies uch persons may (feeler° to be
binding." It must he contended for the doleni:ant that
this is a repealing statute, because, unless it repeals the
words of the oath of abjuration, it would not he aufficieet
for defendant's purpose. No doubt, in a court of law, ('r
Where no form of oath is prescribed, a person may take
en oath in the manner binding on him-that was decided
in the case of Omichund v. Barker (Winos, 538). But
this, being: a Christian oath prescribed by the Legitia-
leture, can only be dispensed with by the same authority.
First, the oath was to be on the Holy Eitingelists; this
was a part of the manner of the oath, and is not to this
day repealed. If, then, it was a Christian oath, how was
it affected by these cases? The case of Omichund
Barker decided that any parson might be sworn es a wit-
ness in a court ofj usher according to the custom and man-
ner of his religion; but that cannot affect the C 3.90 of
an oath which was prescribed in a particular form.
Taking the oath, therefore, to be a Christian oath,
the question then arose how far the point was affietiefid.
by the operation of the Act of Victoria. The sta
rind 2d Viet., c. 104, declared and enacted
than have
cases in which an oath may lawfully be and
man or
been administered to any person, either as a
jenrYeivil or
a witness, or a deponent in any proceedintea,o
" that int 'all
tlh© United
criminal, in any court of law or equity
person is temind
or on tiny occasion whatever, such
Kingdom, or an appointment to anyoffiince or employ-
ment,e shall have
by the oath administered, provided theit
been administered in such form,
and with
Now,
ceremo-
nies as such person may declare to aharasuch
on this Act of
referenco the first obtervation which arosenoul,
Parliament was, that it containednor
ralret.
to any prior Act
what-
ever to the oath of shjuration,
been recited if
of Parliament, which shoulde haveAet
in-
tended to be repealed. seemed to apply ex.
ienatheouerftsabe
jiuf
clutively to oaths administered
There wore cases in which
et. law, on appointment to
had been taken in courts
of the Act
mad not
offices, arid therefore the operationjuryman or wit
stertehde
nesses. In
be confined to the cases of
word
• ht be given to everyof this Act of
tact, effect might
Parliament, without having recourse to the assertion that
it amounted to a repeal of former statutes. It would,
the part of
no doubt, be contended on
faith
.the defendant,
6 the true of" a Christian" might
that the words on
be omitted from the oath. It was said that the statute
was directed against Papists, and he udmitted that to be
the case, but the language of the Act was large enough
to include many others. There could
the be no doubt that
it was the intention of I iegislature, in framing the
Act in q.uestion, to impose a religious test, anal it, had
tanen the greatest possible pains to male that oath
hincline tpua the conscience of the parson who took it.
The wor
ds eon the true faith of a Christien," comb,"
after the, stringent language of the, former
part
irk
the oath, showed that the Legislaure meant those
words 0) b 3 a declaration as a ell as an oath.
whether the Jews were in the couteeciplation of the
the Legislature, or not, at the time when the oath

was made compulsory, was a matter with which he
need not encumber the argument. It was enough
to state that at that period alt persons were excluded
from public honoure and employments. unless they were.
Christians. Before the repeal of the Test and Corpora-
tion Acts, no one could hold office without having re-
ceived the sacrament within a limited period. There
was one other argument to which he wished to advert
before he sat down. It was said that the plaintiff was
now suing upon the statute 6 George 111., and no doubt,
taking it in connexion with other Acts, that was the
case. Upon this it was argued that the Acts passed in
the ninth year of George 111., and in the tenth year of
the same sovereign, had created an indemnity in fsivour
of the Jews. But to this it might be answered that
these Acts were not subsisting Acts, but were merely of
a temporary nature, to enable Jews and other persons
to register their property, and were passed for that pur-
pose only. Ile would now call the attention of the court
to the Act 1 and 2 William IV., c. 9, which repealed so
much of certain Acts as required certain oaths to be
taken by Members of the House of Commons before the
Lord Steward or his deputies, and having said thus
much, he would submit that, upon the grounds which
he had already stated, the plaintiff was entitled to the
judgment of the court.
Sir F. KELLY, on the part of the defendant, said that
in much that had fallen from his Learned
Friend he
sincerely and cordially concurred. He quite; agreed
with him that this case should be argued, as he had no
doubt it would be determined, without any reference to
popular considerations on one aide or the other, but
upon the true constructions of the statutes brought be..
fare the Court. He must, however, remind their Lord-
ehips that this was an action for penalties, founded upon
certain penal Acts of Parliament which must, there-
fore, be strictly construed, and which, if in force at all,
imposed very heavy and very fearful penalties on those
who contravened their provisions. That Jews were en-
titled to serve in Parliament was, he apprehended, a.
proposition which could nortabilt ofuronht, and inter
Act might be construed in such a sense as to impose
upon this class of the community, and perhaps on other
classes also, the duty of taking an oath which was re-
pugnant to their consciences, he trusted that the Court
would carefully weigh the words of the Act, and give it,
if possible, a construction, which would favour liberty
of. conscience. The Court would bear in mind that
the refusal to take the oath in question did not ex-
pose a Jew merely to the loss of 5001. in the shape
of a penalty, but to a disqualification to be an executor,
to be a guardian of any child, to hold any office, or to
give any vote. With these preliminary observations, he
passed to the grounds' on which he had to submit that
the defendant was entitled to the judgment of the Court,
and it might be convenient to state what were the four
distinct and specific grounds on which he relied. In the
first place he should contend that, on a careful considera-
tion of the various Acts of Parliament beating upon this
question, the Act of 6th Geo. 111., 0. 53, was no longer
in force, and that it ceased to be in force on the death of
George 111., or at all events on the death of the last
Sovereign bearing the name of George. That being so,
he should maintain that there was no power in the House
of Commons or any officer of the House of Commons, nor
in any court of law, or any officer of a court of law, to
take upon himself to alter the terms of an oath, the whole
form and language of which had been expressly given
by the Legislature. If that were so, then the Act could
only apply to " our Sovereign Lord King George."
That was the only form given under the statute. Upon
every occasion on which a change of the name of the So-
vereign had been considered necessary, the Legislature
had interposed by express enactment, reciting the neces-
sity, and altering the name of ono Sovereign for the other.
That was done from the time of William the Third to the
time of George 111., and as there was no Act of Par-
liament which had since confirmed that authority, there
was now no power is existence which enabled any one
to administer a different oath from that contained in the
statute of 6th George 111., or to substitute the name or
description of one Sovereign for another. In the next
place he should submit, if the statute imposing the oath
was still iu force, that it was competent to the defendant,
and that it was his duty to take the oath, omitting the
words "on the true faith of a Christian ;" and that en
the ground that wherever the Legislature imposed on
any man the duty of taking an oath, the law not only
permitted, but required him to take it in such manner
and form as should be binding on his conscience. If
there was any exception or qualification to the rule on
which he now relied, it was were an oath was imposed
by way of a religious test, but that could only be the
•case where the language of the Act. clearly justified such
a construction. In the third place, he should submit that,
assuming his first proposition to be doubtful, the defend-
ant was bound and authorized to take the oath which he
did take in the House of Commons by necessary implica-
tion under the Act let and 2d Vice, c. 5. Finally, he
should contend that, under the provisions of the Act 10th
Geo. L, o. 4; a statute which, as his Learned Friend
had inaccurately supposed, had not expired, but which
was kept alive and in force by a succession of acts con-
tinuing or enlarging the time until Nov. 24, 1766, and
consequently beyond the time when the Act 6th George
111., c. 53, was passed. The provisions of the Act 6th
George 111., c. 53, bore a modified meaning. Now. with
reference to the first branch of his argument, he should
submit that the Acts of Parliament applying to the oath
of abjuration, beginning with the Act of William 111.,
and ending with the statute 6 George 111., provided,
and were intended only to provide, for the particular
state of things in existence at the time when the Acts
in question were passed. The title as well as the terms
of the Act of George 111. showed that it was intended
for temporary purposes only. In Lord Coke's " Second
Institute," p. 479, it was said :—" Neither can an oath,
whether imposed by the common law or by authority of
Parliament, be altered except by an Act of Parliament."
And that was admitted to be the law by all the judges
in the case of Omichund v. Barker. By what
authority, then, could the House of Commons,
or the Speaker of the House of Commons, as
alleged in this special verdict, substitute the name of
Queen Victoria for that of King George? Sup-
pose the case of a disputed succession. If the House of
Commons could substitute the name of Victoria or Wil-
liam, for George, where no dispute was likely to arise,
they might equally well take upon themselves, when the
succession was in dispute, to hewn the name of Albert
for Edward, or Edward for Albert, and so wound the
consciences of many persons who might entertain a dif-
krent opinion from the House of Commons as to the title
of the reigning monarch.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—The House of Commons would
naturally use the name of the sovereign under whose writ
they sat.
Sir F. KELLY—But that writ might not be issued by
the right monarch.
Mr. Baron Aaunasort—They would say it was issued
under the right one.
Sir F. KELLY—That would be a matter of opit ion.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON--" Under which King, Benzo-
nian? speak, or die."
Sir F. KELLY contended, that the question wee whe-
ther the House of Commons or the Speaker had pavver
to alter and put in a different form an oath which had
_
been framed by the authority of Parliament. In order
to arrive at a right conclusion on that subject, it Weald
be necessary to refer to the several Acts._ which
the had
passed, and they would be found to fortify
were
which be had submitted to the court, that they
_.,..artne
merely of a temporary nature. The Acts 13the. William
and
111., c. 6, Ist Anne, c. 1, 4th and sth Anne,
h.B
.6th Anne, c. 7. were clearly of a temporaey_c araettehr.
In the 20th section of the isst-mentioned_ . statute e
and it was name of the sovereign was left iu blank,
pro-
vided that the blank should be filled up with the nacreof the Queen or King (the Princess Sophia, or her son
George, afterwards George the First) who should he
1 next in succession under the Act of Settlement. Then
came the Act of George I.; and it was remarkable, that
from the time of William 111., down to
beenthe Act odf
George 111., the oath of abjuration had
by Act of Parliament in order to include thein
the
statu
name and
description of the roigniifg sovereign, and
I etc,
passed in the sixth year of the reign esectvAe
Anne was ex-
tended to meet the case of a future
reign, whose
person was then unceremin.
Lord Chief Baron Poenoote—vet
ri e cannot shut our
eyes to the fact that during the reign of George IV.the
of abjuration was taken a r '
1 oathtg eat number of indi-
viduals in the form
Either that was in force, or
as a corp e Act of George 111.
tlire words of the oath ap-
plied to the King
oration sole. There might
be some ground for the contention that the operation of
the Act 6 Geo. 111, Ceased
me to be pure ehat his death; but it seems to
niledtia httess to argue that the Act applies
to the name and
to the persou'of the Sovereign.
Sir F. KELLY did not mean to go that length himself, but there were certainly Some persons whose opinions
were entitled to the highest respect who had contended
very earnestly in another place for the proposition that
the form of oath might have been binding until the ter-
mination of the reign of the last of the Georges, though
it had certainly ceased to be so since that time. What
he himself however, contendedf or was, that the opera-
tion of that Act ceased with the reign during which it
inn uR'
eo
priena
d Westerns,rrS
heavily
.
was enacted. He now came to another Act of
RAILWAY SHARD ''''
without ant-
Parliament, which was much of the same character as
c20316rn.2kt
GiAe•
those to which he had already referred, but which STOCK EiCHANGBER.—ISTI? LulajrkAelfEt.
transactions to day were
was more important, because it had been pasted mation. The only travise
in our times, and when, in some degree or other, the at- which were done at 8 le
tention of the Legislature had been called to the subject.
He was not insensible to the argument of long-core STOOK Excliali
udG3throughout the day there was a
LrerE......TlihreooeitreJAmete.
tinned usage in the administration of the oath of elle.. this morning,
teo_
r bueiness doing at reduced prices. vTlirYe
ration in Parliament, and in courts of ustice; but that limited emsouwnere
as follow :—Caledonian 15—Lan hire
h against the express words of an transatieherte wee —London and , North-15 New
usage would not weigh
etlutttr' e.—Ditto, Fifths, 2 7-16 p.—manchester,
Act of Parliament, when the attention of those who had and
zis .e • _ .
a fairly called to the subject. H Quarters,d Lincolnshire, 30 Midland, 5436—Shrewsbury
to interpret the law wa._ Roman e sheffield, an preference, uar
would now proceed to consider the Catholi 11 Ca ce- and ter,
e' Dover, 1915 16.
lief Act, 10th Geo. IV., c. 7.The form of oath given Eastern and
_ _
by the 2d section of that Act, for Roman Catholics, re- I taANCHESTER, JAN. 26.
rees EXCHANGE.—The business to-day
was very ferret] to King George IV. in the same terms as teose 23
prices fiat. The transactions were as mode-
infollo7:—
which King George 111. was mentioned in the oath of rate,andkenbead, Lancashire, and
abjuration. The question then was, did those words
Birkenhead,
and Dover, 19, Cheshire Junction,
112 des.
%London
B—Midlands, 54,e
imply that after the death of George IV. the House of S hW t 11 • • and Nort -es ern, 4% —Ditto, New Quarters, 2te le—
Commons or the Speaker would be competent to subsu Lancashire and Yorkshire 60 -`Ditto,
`East Lancashire, 1L
what' the name of William or Victoria? If they did, then„ Kendal and Windermere 1 ti
-d79— Manchester and Birmingham
what was the meaning of the words contained in e (C), Quarters, 1 11-16 p NT
e-- est Ridings, 5% dis.—Leeds
next, the third section, "and be it further enacted, that and Bradfoid, 102.
wherever, in the oath, hereby appointed end set forth,
BlRtianst 'GRAM, JAIL 26.
the name of his present Msjesty is expressed odom r reterrd
8"CIC EicHm",--NVe have no improvement to notice
to, the name of the Soverign of this king
for the to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices
time being, by virtue of the Act for the further limits- varied little from those which have been quoted for the last
tion of the Crown, and better securing the rights and lie few days. The only sale reported on 'Change wah..,.
herties of the subject, shell be substituted from time to North Staffordshire, 9 dia.

THE PALM OIL TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.
A few weeks ago we called attention to the gtrade
rati-
produced in our relations with the
has
coast the abolition
of the slave
coast of Africa,,by substituting freights of palm oil
ceoatnr
tne'rth..
for cargoes of negroe!... We now furnish a report of
of this port fnprotshiteiopnagotf
in the present
which we have been favoured by an emi 3. 1 with
the palm oil trade
neat mer-
cial affairs, and especially ea affecting the tallow trade,
chant, and which,
cannot fail to prove highly interesting
to th© mercan-
tile community. The import of t
t for the past year has beenpaan oil into this
por
large-24,000 tons--an
1
upwards of 3,000 excesstons, evl ' _ unprecedentedly
ll of any former year by
ilo , aided by exporters
taking 8,000 tons, leaves '
and nil the principal- a heavy stock of 6,000 tons,
some time to come, -c consumera well supplied for
sellers for arrival. caused by importers being anxious
have not been less The losses upon such purchases
than 25,0001., a speculative feeling
in anticipation of
sessio the duty being taken off soap last
o of the
followed by the Scotch tallow
speculation iu London, '
terminating the same way as
inatty form '
upon a er rasa speculations have done not based
firm foundation of supply and demand,
it was clearly seen that the results must be most
ruinous to all interested. The loss on this wild ope-
ration in tallow is estirnuted at upwards of 300.0001.
The price of palm oil on the Is: of January, 1851,
was 281. 103., commencing with a stock of 4,500 tons,
the price advancing for arrival to 301., and ruled
tolerably steady on the spot 271. to 281. 10e., until
the large arrivals of August last reduced isle" to
261. /Oa. to 26/. 155., further heavy arrivals in Oc-
tober following reucing prices ultimately to 251.
15t. to 261. So much oil having been sold for ar-
rival relieved importers, and the speculators having
supported the market when evincirg symptoms of
decline, and thus prevented oil reaching its real value,
consequently an artificial price bad been made for the
present by bolbtering the market. Had it been left
to its own merits, prices must have been considerably
under present quotations, which are quite nominal,
and must of necessity recede from its own weight
with the large quantity shortly looked for. The low
rate of discount has also facilitated the holding of a
large stock, some of which has been here on band 12
to 18 months, costing 211. 10s. to 29/. 103. per ton.
The import of palm oil into England the last year
has reached 31,000 tons, leaving now about 12,000
tons in the hands of importers, speculators, and con-
sumers. This stock of palm oil, coupled with the
large tonnage out, as per statement, is deserving of
special notice.—Liverpool Chronicle.

PlSTL"AiTTPraintis, in London, before Mr. Baron
PLATT-and a Special Jury.)
(Sittings at
WYNN V. HEMINGWA.V.--TURF TRANSACTIONS.
This was an action up(ne a :bill of
exchange for 2001.
drawn by a Mr. Aspinall upon the defendant, and ac-
cepted by him, and indorsed to the plaintiff.
• Upon the
pleadings it was not denied that the bill was drawn, ac-
cepted, and indorsed, as stated in the declaration, but
the defence set up was that the bill was simplygiven to
ensure the delivery of the horse Elcho, which, had been
purchased by the plaintiff of the defendant, and which
had, in fact, been since delivered, and therefore that the
plaintiff was not entitled to recover, An actioa was
tried a week ago, in which the now defendant was plain-
tiff, which action was to recover 200/., the balance of the
purchase-money of the horse, and on that occasion the
then plaintiff was committed for perjury.
The plaintiff in this case was, up to last Wednesday,
the manager of the Birkenhead branch of the North and
South Wales Bank, and the defendant was described as
an African merchant, but the action arose out of cettin
turf transactions. In consequence of the form of the
pleadings, the defendant's case was ffrst laid before the
jury.
_
The defendant and many other witnesses were called,
and according to their statement the defendant and As-
pinall called upon the plaintiff at the bank on Saturday,
the 21st of June last, and, in consequent& of what' took
place, the defendant, the plaintiff, and Aspinall went on
the Saturday to Cheltenham, and •on the Sunday they
saw the horse Elcho at Mr. Scott's. The defendant
agreed to sell Elcho to the plaintiff for 400/.., and on the
30th of June the plaintiff paid 1401. on account, which,
with 60/., the amount of another transaction, made
200, leaving 2001. still due. The bill in question was
given as security for tho delivery of the horse, which was
to be delivered in time to run for the Liverpool Cup on
the 20th of July.
A number of witnesses were called, who proved con-
clusively that the defendant was not in Liverpool on the
26th of June, the date of the bill, nor within several days
of that time.
The plaintiff himself, Mr. Aspinall, and several other
witnesses were called to make cut the plaintiff's ease.
The plaintiff "deposed that the defendant told, him
when he saw the horse on the Sunday at Scott's, that
he (the horse) could not lose the Liverpool Cup. On
the aoth of Juno the defendant called upon plaintiff
at the bank, and plaintiff paid him 3401.- in money en
account of the horse, making, with the 60/, the
VI
whole of the purchase money. It
a; his
own money, and had never been any portion of the
bank money. On the Bth of July the defendant sent a
telegraphic message from London to plaintify directing
him to meet the horse at Edge-hill. The .horse, how-
ever, was not sent in accordance with this message, but
plaintiff afterwards received the horse at Cheltenham
from Scotts The defendant was present when the horse
was delivered up, and he made no claim on plaintiff', bet
plaintiff paid 44/., the amount due to Scott. Plaintiff. on
the 26th of July, a month after the date of the bill in
question, advanced to Aspinall 2001. upon it out of his
own money.
Mr. John T. Aspinall, who is a coot agent at Birken-
head, stated that in the early part of June defendant
told him he could put him on to the winner of the Liver-
pool Cup, and asked him if he could find a purchaser for
Elcho. He introduced him to Wynn, and they all went
to Cheltenham to see him. The defendant applied to
witness to lend him some money before he went, and
when he came back he said he must have acme money.
Witness drew the bill in question in Wynn's parkas at
the bank, and it was accepted by the defendant, and wit-
ness gave him 2001. upon it out of money he had in his
own pocket. Witness kept the bill until the 26th July,
and then he got the plaintiff to lend him 200 L upon it.
On the 30th of June witness saw the plaintiff pay the
defendant 3401 On the 6th of July defendant, Scott,
and witness dined together, and it was then said that
the mare Truth, which belonged to the defendant, had
beaten Elaine and Scott said it was of no use to send
Elcho to Liverpool.
Thomas Wilks, a clerk to the last witness, was called,
and said that he had seat the bill in question in Mr.
Aspinali's possession in the month of July; and after
the Liverpool race a horse trainer, named Bfilington, bad
both Truth and Elcho to train for the defendant. On
the 25th June Truth was taken away, end the defendant
left a letter for Billington, in which he said, " If age
does all we ask her, we shall back her for the Liverpool
Cup. You shall be in whatever I get. Mind, do not let
any one know that the mare is gone any where. If any
one asks, you say she is amiss and having physic." The
mare was not amiss at this time. Elcho was tried wi:h
her in March, and the defendant was present. Truth
beat Elcho very easily. Elcho broke down at York in
August, 1850, and was consequently fired in Sept: mber
following. Part of the charge made again* the defend-
ant was that he had represented that Elcho was sure to
win the Liverpool Cup when he had entered Truth, which
he knew to be a better horse, for the same race.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, directed the jury that
the case was one entirely for them, and he then read
through his notes of the evidence, pointing out the con-
tradictions between the evidence, and he changed
them,
without fear or favour, to give their verdict on that side
on which, according to their opinion, the truth lay.
The jury immediately returned a verdict for 2004, the
amount 0f the bill, and 31. interest.

Sum Time Assured. !Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum p
Assured. PolicyinlB4l PolicyinlB4B at Di
-- , . .. ,
£5000" 12'y ear's 10 natio 868X87 10 0 £6470
5000 1 year • 112 10 0 ' 5112
1000 12 years 100 0 0 157 10 0 1257
1000 7 years •• .. 157. 10 D . 1157
1000 1 year •• •• 22 )0 0 1022
500 12 years 50 00 78 15 0 628
500 1 4 years .. .. 45 0 0 545
500 ! 1 year .. .. 11 5 0 511