The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-05 00:00:00

No. 17,350.] LONDON, FRIDAY ' G

pALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
ADDITIONAL TRAINS AND ALTERATION OF HOURS

Express Trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow
with-
ut change of carriage ; between London and Ed ntiurzh in Twelve
Hours and a Half; between London and Glasgow in Twelve Hours
and Forty Minutes.

TIME TABLE on and after let May, 1848, and until further notice
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW TO CARLISLE, MANCHESTER,
LIVERPOOL, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, &c.

UP TRAINS. SUNDAY
TRAINS.
Ex- I & 2 1,2,&3.
I
(from 1 (from
1,2, prlc::ss. 'I 1 & 1,2, 1,2, Preston 1,2, ,Carlisle
cla
& 3 12. &3.& 3. Ist &3. Ist
II only). only).
Trains leave A.M. ;..M. I A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
Edinburgh.. 650 10 15 11 15 130 5 0 915 II 15; 915
Glaszow•• —i63o 10 5.11 5 120 450 9 5 11 5, 9 5
Alrire at i P.M. I P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M.
Carlisle .. —ll 30 1 253 44 720 10 0 129 348 129
r.M.
Newcastle .. 2 40 7 30 8 15
Pteston ..•• 350 4 15 703 529 8 3 539
Manchester 6 71 940 650 9 40, 650
Liverpool . 6 17110 0 7010 0 7 0
• A.M. A M.
Ilirmingham 8 10 1 10 955 1 10 955
P.M. P.M.
1.011,1011 ••• • , 10 45 445 1 0 4 45 1 0
LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER,
CARLISLE, &c., TO EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.
DOWN TRAINS. SUNDAY
•
TRAINS.
1.2,&3,
Ex- I &2
1,2, 1 & I, 2, 1 & press 1& 2. 1,2, only to
&3. 2. 43. 2. Ist &3. Car-
class. lisle.
'Mins leave A.M. P.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. ' P.M. A.M.
London ....I 845 90[ 8 35
845 10 0
10 0
A.M. P.A. P.M. A.M. P.M.
Birmingham 12 39 6 012 12 1 012 30 145
Liverpool,.. 14510 40 125 325
Manchester i 323 75510 50 135" ~
1 35-43 23 -
• P.M.
Preston ... 515 95e1230 3 20 516 515 516
Newcastle .: 530 11 0 1 45 4 0 5 0
It.
Carlisle .... 5 0 9162 15 5 06 20 916 916 916
Arrive at P.M. •.M. P.M.
4 A.M.
Edinburgh.. 935 1457459 20 9 30 130 1
Glasgow.. •• 945 155 5 1 30, 755930 9 40 140 155 140

don and Edinburgh.
Bristol, Gloucester, Chelten•
1, Tamworth, Wolverhampton,
ton, Lancaster, Kendal, Vin•

No change of carriage between Lom
Passengers are booked to and from
ham, London, Coventry, Birmingham
Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton, Presl
dermere, and Penrith.
E DINBI3aGIL AND GLASGOW SECTION.
Edinburgh to 4Aasgow direct, by the following Trains, 6 50
and 11 15 ♦.M., and 1 30 and 5 a.m.--On Sundays, 11 15 A.m.
and 9 15 P.M.
Glasgow to Edinburgh direct, by the following Trains, 6 30 and
11 1A M. and 120 and 450 P.M.—On Sundays, 11 5 ♦.M, and
95 P.M
For further particulars see Time Bills for May.
By order, J. W. CODDINGTON, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 122, Princes street, April 28, 1848.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
'l'U HOLDERS OF A ANDCOMPANY.
B QUARTERS OF EASTERN COUN-
TIES YORK EXTENSION SHARES IN ARREAR FOR
CALLS.
Notice is hereby given, that if the CALLS now DUE by them be
not fully PAID UP, together with interest, on or before the 16th
of MAT inst., they will FORFEIT all Right to their Allotments of
the New Six per Cent, guaranteed preferment Shares issued under
the t esolut'ons of the Special General Meeting of the 2d instant.
All Holders of the said York Extension Shares who shall send
them to the Company's Office for registration on or before the 20th
Instant, will receive their allotments for the proportions of New Six
per Cent. Shares to which they are entitled.
By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station, May 4,1848.

WHEREAS, by a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in two causes of "Collyer v. Ashburner,"
and " Collyer v. Ashburner," it was referred to Sir GIFFIN WILSON,
late one of the Masters of the Court, to inquire who are the persons
designated in the Will of Robert Pounds, late of 15, High.
street, Camden-town, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, who died
on the 24th April, 1846, as James Pounds, Robert Walker Pounds,
and John Pounds, sons of James Pounds formerly of Philadelphia, in
North America, and whether they are respectively living or dead,
and if living, where they respectively reside, and if dead, who are
their legal personal representatives : therefore, the persons so deslg-
nated, it living, or if dead, their legal personal representatives are, on
or before the 2d day ofJunenext, to come in before RICHARD Team
KiNDEBSLEY, Esquire, the Master to whom these causes are trims -
ferret!, at his chambers in ,outhampton-buildings, in the county of
Middlesex, and establish their claims to be the persons above de-
scribed, as the sons of the said James Pounds, or they will peremp-
tori,y.be excluded the betted. of the said Decree.

The said James Pounds, the father, resided at 6, Parker-street,
Philadelphia, In the State of Pennsylvania, North America, and died
on the 31st May, :842, leaving his sons, the said James Robert
Pounds. a blacksmith, in the will called James Pounds, the said Ro-
bert Walker Pounds, and John Pounds, a printer, surviving him ;
James Robert Pounds and John Pounds are, it is believed, residing in
l'lnladelphia ; Robert Walker Pounds, in the year 1842, was serving
an apprenticeship to a tin-plate worker in Philadelphia, and left that
place in the early part of the year 1841, in the month of January,
1845 he was in the employment of Sir. hiaise Rosetti, of 29, Drury-
lane, London, coach.; aker, and was afterwards employed in the ca-
pacity of a porter at a store or warehouse, in Liverpool, where he
was living in the month of June, 1845 ; in the month of August in
the same year he went on board the Daniel Webster, supposed to
have been bound for Philadelphia, and nothing has since been heard
of him.
Dated this 4th day of May, 1848.

LTI PERM CANDLES, Is. 6d. per lb., London COM.'
pcsite, 8 d., Male's Paragon, 10d., Price's. 101,i d, Genuine
Sperm, Is. 9(1, Wax Candles, Is., German, Is. 2d.. Fine Wax, Is. 5d.,
Transparent Wax, Is. l id. Genuine Wax, 2s. Id., Store Candles,
Gysd., Wax'd Wier Moulds, 71,01. Yellow Soap, 485 , 545., and 60i.
per 112 lbs.; Mottled, 60a. and 64a. ; Fine Curd, 745. ; Windsor,
Is. 4J. per ;,acke ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.; Palm, Is. 4d.;
Fine Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. Gd. Sealing Wax, 4s. Gd. per lb. Best
Sperm Oil, 81. per ga!lon, Solar, 3s. 3d., Argand or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.,
Pale Seal, 4s.

For Cash, at DAVIES' old established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's•
lane, opposite late New Slaughter's Coffee-houso.

HAVING- MADE A PLEASURE, by the
invention of TrIOMAS FALL'S METALLIC RAZOR
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is mete pleasant and comfortable. Sold wholesale by Dietriehsen
and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street, London ; and all respectable hard-
ware vendors and perfumers in town and country; and may be had
of the invefror, Thomas Fall, Stonegravels, near Chesterfield.
Price 3s. 6d. ; also pots of paste, 6d. each.

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T.
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Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven) One Shilling.
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SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
URS'.
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GEORGE A. FRIPP, Secretary.

V, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Is now RE-OPENED with GIIEAT ADDITIONS. The NEW
THEATRE, with its Galleries, is capable of containing ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS. Specimens of Art-
Manufactures are greatly increased in number and interest. Variety
and great improvements have been effected in the Optical Depart-
meut. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. l3achhoffner on Che-
mistry and Experimental Philosophy. A Description of the Depo-
sited Works by Mr. Crispe. Experiments with the Diver and Diving-
bell. The Music will be conducted by Dr. Wallis.
Open daily from Eleven to Five and in the Evenings (Including
Saturday Evening) from Seven to Half-past Ten.
Admission. Is.—Scllools, Half-price.

pEMBROKIESHIRE IRON and COAL
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the First Yearly General Meeting of
the Proprietors of the Pembrokeshire Iron and Coal Company will be
held at Gresham Rooms, ISA, Basinghall-street, in the City of Lon-
don, on WEDNESDAY, the 31st instant, at One o'clock In the After-
noon precisely, for general purposes.
By order,
JOHN F. NEALE, Secretary.

Gresham Rooms, May 4, 1848.

PUBLICATIONS:

Two Volumes, Octavo., 30s.
PRINCIPLES of POLITICAL ECONOMY,
With Some of their Applications to Social Philosophy.
By JOHN STUART MILL.
By the came Author,
A SYSTEM of LOGIC. Two Volumes Octavo. Second Edition,
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ESSAYS on some UNSETTLED QUESTIONS of POLITICAL
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9N THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
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VONTROUL OF' THE PASSIONS : a Popular
j Inquiry Into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
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Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
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By C. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman.
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CONTENTS or THE WOEZ, -
Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion Induced by incordlnate
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Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,
evidenced In the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
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Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness catipant by Unfruitful
trnions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion- bt:l4'principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of ImpotenOeinidAterility, and
the imperfoct performance of the Marital act; ckused he,- he practice
)f self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, Its symptoms, complica,
'ions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease' orthe Prostate.
Chap. s.—Syphilis. and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cues,
and concluding observations, Plates, &c.
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illustrated by '44 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Sieel

OS PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE
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merous Anatonaical Coloured Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
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RESTORATION.

A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs,
emanating front Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
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sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age ; with Practical Iternarkq
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owtahret t
score
reea careful
01
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heart
indulgenced disease, asi n e,
certaint be s ,
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h aab
tds
exclusive
obryigyi'n-ouh youth
much more
r consultationr,elrreqouteitlythnit frisaotm Eallslusevpeiei till
suspected.
Two, and Six to
Eight in the Evening.

DEATH Or SIR HUGH MUNRO, BART.—We have
to record the demise of the above venerable Baronet,
whose dissolution took place at his residence, in Man-
chester-square. He was the son of the seventh Baronet
by the daughter of Mr. Hugh Rose, and was born in
1763, so that he had attained the ripe age of 85 years.
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the premises of Mr. Petty, a clothier, on Holborn-hill,
which in a few moments (in consequence of their being
built chiefly of timber) communicated to the two adjoin.
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grocers, and Mr. Skinner, tobacconist. The fire was
discovered by police-constable Jones, 221, who was on
duty, and observed smoke issuing from the former pre-
mises. He gave the alarm, and the fire-escapes promptly,
attending, he with others succeeded in saving the in-
mates. The fire raged with considerable fury for some
time, but was confined to the premises.
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was from Putney-bridge to Mortlake, and the boats
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Morgan (green), 3d; Laurie (stripes), 4th; llesketh,
(yellow), sth; Jones, (blue) 6th; Wordsworth (black)
7th. Tne start was a very beautiful one, all getting away
even. Mr. Tuke then took a decided lead, but after a
short distance Mr. Morgan overtook him, and by dint of
extraordinary exertions contrived to maintain the lead,
but at Hammersmith- bridge fouling a barge, red and
purple Caine up to him; from this point a vine and gal-
lant contest ensued, Red winning by a length, and Purple
defeating Green by the same space; the Others were some
distance in the rear. The winner, who displayed much
skill but little strength in the race, was greatly fatigued
at the finish. At starling, Green and Purple
were
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IRELAN D.

MEETING OF THE IRISH CON-
FE DERATION.
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. This association held
its first meeting, since the passing of the " Act for the
better Security of the Crown," &c., this evening, in th
Music Hall, Lower Abbey-street, which was crowded
to excess. From the extreme violence of the different
speeches delivered it could scarcely be supposed that
such an enactment as that we have alluded to was
in
reality to be found in the statute book. The accessions
to the Confederation announced this evening were both
numertats and resp, ctab!e,
amongst whom were semi'
Roman Catholic and one Protestant Ciergyma".
Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter (who, by the
way, was cheered on entering the .hall), and two police
inspactors were present.
The chair was taken by William H. O'Neill, Egit
barrister.
The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the honour
conferred upon him, by calling upon him to preside at
the first meeting. of the Confederation since the British
Parliament passed a law to suppress the expression of
t to tell the En lish oligarchy,
public opinion in Ireland. Lord John Russell had stated
that he would not yield repeal till his latest breath ; but
they were there that nigh
which oppressed and ground down the people of this
country, that the Irish were determined to have a Par-
liament of their own—(Cheers)—that they Should never
cease in their exertions till Irishmen obtained the power
of taxing themselves, and until Irishmen should fill
every post of trust, honour, and emolument 41 this coun-
try, and until they succeeded in forming a National
Guard.—(Loud cheers.) A proclamation had been
issued by Lord Clarendon against the Council of 300,
and against n.:•Ntitional Guard; but the meeting
should
not be misled by that proclamation. It was not the law
of the land—it was merely the opinion of the 'Castle
authorities on the law. The Chairman, in concluding
his observations, denied that the Confederates were the
advocates of anarchy, or that they meditated an inroad
on the rights of property or social order. Several
members having been admitted, and several remittances
acknowledged,
Mr. T. F. MEAGHER moved the admission of the
Rev. James Birmingham, P.P., of Borrisokane, a gen-
tleman who had become conspicuous to the Government
—(Cheers)—and who, notwithstanding the censure he
had incurred from his bishop, had written the holiest
and most instructive letter that ever appeared in print.
Mr. GAVAN Dueer seconded the admission of the
reverend gentleman.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the admission of the
several members proposed, congratulated the meeting on
the great accession of professional gentlemen which the
Confederation bad attained. .
Mr. J. B. Dump( (barrister), after a few preliminary
observations, having reference to the recent affair at
Limerick, observed that one consequence had resulted
from it, and that was the resignation of Mr. Mitchell as
member of the Irish Confederation. He (Mr. Dillon)
was.not at liberty to go into the reasons which induced
Mr. Mitchell to adopt that course, but an ex-
planation would be given- .to the public before
the expiration of the week. Mr. Mitchell, he
might say, still possessed the confidence of the
Confederation ; and he (Mr. Dillon) was willing to bear
testimony to his integrity and worth. Since last he
(Mr. Dillon) had had the honour of appearing before the
Confederation an Act of Parliament. had been passed,
haring for its object the suppression of the opinions ot
the people of Ireland on the subjects materially affecting
their interests. For his part, he should say that Act
should have no effect oa him. Whatever he said before

its:passing, he was prepared to repeat.—(Hear, hear.)
Before that Act passed, be asked the people to arm—
' rhoCh ee rchairmans (t
oL
theo u d eh
declass-eers. )
Lion of Lord John Russell, that he would resist the re
—he asked
h ad
calledthe theirto arm
attention now .
peal of the union by force..
But he (Mr. Dillon) would
tell the .Noble Lord that, whether ,ho bad
breath in his body or not, the union should
go down—(Cheers)=down it should go- into the re-
gions of darkness and sin. The union should perish, or
the people of Ireland should perish.--(Loud cheers.)
Already had that union deprived Ireland, in one shap,
or another, of one million of her people ; its appetite
was still unsated—its jaws were still open for another
million of victims.—(Hear, hear.) Ile did not know
how the struggle might terminate ; he believed that
nine-tenths of the people were desirous that it should be
obtained peaceably, without any disturbance of social
order, without any invasion of private property ; but
whether the repeal of the union be obtained peaceabl)
sir not depended, in his opinion, in a great measure 01
the people. The people of Ireland were determined
assert their rights, peaceably if they could ; but if, b)
any unconstitutional measures on the part et the British
' Government, they should be driven to defend their rights
by arms in the fields he (Mr. Dillon) would say—h%,
would say it openly—he- -would say it .4dvisediy.....th.t.
the place of every true man would be in the midst of the
people.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GAVAN DUFFY ((,f the NtitiOtt) thin rose for th,
purpose of moving a resolution. He said the meeting
were aware that the English Government had throw',
(limn a challenge to the Irish Confederation, and had
issued a proclamation to prevent the formation of the
Council of 300 and a national guard. Their answer 0,
Lord Clarendon's proclamation should be simple and
distinct—thry should first tear it into fragments, and
then throw it to the winds. [Mr. Duffy suited the action
to the word, tore the proclathation into bits, and flung is
from him, amidst the most rapturous applause.] Thej
(the Irish Confederation), continued Mr. Duffy, wouln
stand on the ancient constitution of Ireland, which had
not died, and which should not die; they should go oi,
and elect their Council of 300—(Cheers)—they should
enrol their national guard—(Cheers)—whatever Dublin
Castle might say to the contrary. Dublin Castle
could not make the law, Dublin Castle could not alto
the law, or turn it into arty fashion.—(Cheers.) He (Mr.
Duffy) had said that Dublin Castle could not make the
law nor amend the law. All it could do was to advise
and threaten. They would laugh at their advice, ano
disregard their threats.—(Cheers.) The answer of On
Irish ',Confederation was the following:—"
Resolved,
Chat the Lord-Lieutenant having issued a proclamation
against the proposed National Couucil and National
Guard, the Confederation desire to warn the people that
proclamations are merely formal notices, neither altering
nor giving any new force whatever to the existing law;
and they call upon the country to proceed as heretofore
in their arrangements in both those matters." Mr.
Duffy then proceeded at some length to urge the neces-
sity for an immediate union amongst Irishmen as the sole
basis of success.

Mr. T. F. MEAGUER then presented himself to the
meeting, and wa. most enthusiastically received. Whet,
the cheering had subsided, he said he had been entrusted
to submit to the meeting the following proclamation.
drawn up by the Council of the Confederation, and
signed on behalf of the Confederation by William Smith
O'Brien.—(Loud cheers.) When that was issued, then
would be two proclamations before the public: the nam.
of Clarendon was attached to one--the name of Smith
O'Brien was attached to the other.—(Cheers.) The
former had been already distributed amongst the people•
and it would be seen which of the two men the people
would obey.—(Cheers.) There was a most important
omission in the heading of the proclamation he was
about to read. It ought to be headed " By the Sovereign
People, by the grace of God, &c,,,—(Tremendous ap
plause.) Mr. Meagher then read the following pro-
clamation, which was rapturously received by the meet-
ing :

PROCLAMATION BY TIIE COUNCIL OF THE IRISH
CONFEDERATION.
Whereas divers persons representing the Government in
Queen, and in particular his
Ireland of her Majesty the
Excellency George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon,
her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant-General and General Go
verner of Ireland, have, by a certain advertisement, or pro-
clamation, bearing date at Dublin Castle, the 29th day of
April, 1848, presumed to assume the functions both of judge
and jury in this kingdom, by declaring the law without any
legal or constitutional authority for sodoing, and
at the same time pronouncing a verdict upon the facts
re "That we are
ational Guard,
without any legal evidence, with respect to the election
of a certain representative body in the said advertise-
ment, or proclamation, said to have been summoned oi
advised to be elected under the name of a National
Council, or Council of Three Hundred, in this kingdom ; and
also with respect to a certain requisition or declaration,
\lvy
ihl el
iroegby,
to theen rpo el personse al
vi gens iansg thero em samebers odf e
aNc 1 a
,
for the purpose of preserving social order, and of protecting
this island against all foes, domestic and foreign, that we
are prepared to furnish ourselyes with suitable weapons and
accoutrements, and are resolved to hazard our lives in de-
fence of our county in case any emergency shall arise which
may require our seryvices in its behalf;" and which her Ma-
jesty's subjects in this kingdom hare 'been invited to circu-
late and sign ; and whereas the said National Council has
not been advised or summoned for any of the purposes in the
Act of Parliament herinafter mentioned, described, or de_
tined, and the form and purpose of the same have not yet
been at all determinea or published; and whereas the advis-
ing, inviting, or signing of the said requisition or declaration,
is and are not, and in the nature thereof cannot be a
general, and thereby
" drilling, or training of persons to the use of arms, or to the
practice of military evolutions or exercises," but only an in-
timation of willingness and intention, at the proper time and
place, to arm and unite for the defence of this kingdom, and
the preservation of order therein, as the subjects of this kin.--
dorn may constitutionally do, and not otherwise; and
whereas the said advertisement or proclamation is calculated
to excite alarm and misapprehension of the law and fact in
as aforesaid, but also by
the minds of her Majesty's subjects in
aaPuitlionrti‘teydintigoo
manifestly tend to the disturbance of the public peace, stir[
in particular not only by fiilse statements of the facts a-
reeleperteesdenOt,r or assuming Purport and
meaning of the Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland, ie
falsely' stating the
the :lad year of the reign of his late Majesty George 111.,'
(commonly called the Convention Act), therein referred to
•
And whereas, in fact, by the said Act of Parliament, the:
assemblies, committees, or other bodies of persons, only, are
to be declared to be unlawful assemblies, who
,(,,,ror mannerexercising constituted
a right or appointed
aasislYinnoitihi
represent the people of this realm, or any number or dese:l
rip-
tion of the people of the same, or the people of any province
county, city, town, or other district within the same,"
be so elected to represent, or shall so assume to represent shall
such people "under pretence of petitioning for, or i
?ther mariner procuring an alteration of matters establ any
by law in Church or State.,", 3114 so forth ; and whereas is
ereaa no