The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

county of Middlesex was safe to return free-trsdertes:
and if so, it might be advisable for those who had rode,
for that county, and who were favourable to freelll6
to turn their attention to other counties not so secureir'or
for instance, Sussex, Kent, Herefordshire, Ste., turD„V,
their special attention to the Duke of Richmond's coo
and that also of the Duke of Buckingham ; nod scilop
this last Noble Duke object to that course of procee,-bo
he (Mr. Christie) would say that they had as I'l%ld
right to visit the Noble Duke's county as his Grace
ijj
to the franchise in Aberdeenshire, in Banffshiret; o)
other counties not his own. Before he (Mr. Cill',,s•pg,
made way fiir Mr. Moore to address the rsee,'td
he would say one word on the corn laws. A Noble
who had been opposed to the League, and who stood bib
in tin estimation of his party—he meant Lord Ashi,„,e/e/ft
had said some months ago that "the corn-laws 41t,
doomed ;" and no man in his senses, he
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Christie) would say, could doubt for a moment that'"
laws were doomed and must go; whether their cleat;,
thei
by a slow or quick-precess, go they must, for docice: if
were. They were within a few days of the meet 05
in't°
Parliament, and some were anxious to know what
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be done; but the corn-laws, he repeated, were k°but
The Minister might still keep the people in the dair*;
there could he no doubt whatever—there could bello°oo'
ference of opinion—the corn-laws must go. The .
polists were holding their meetings in the agrieu" ,-
0
counties, but they were to little purpose, go the -
laws must.—(Hear, hear.) 1091.
Mr. MOORE, on ruing, was received with tirP-gli
The Learned Gentleman sp, ke at considerable he to
and in an energetic speech, which was lis!ese(ftht
throughout with attention, urged those members clog
meeting who were not in possession of the forty;sl'lo4
frai chise qualification to follow their Chairman 9(0
and lose no time in a struggle to obtain it, telling -10
at the same time that they would obtain all inforta°
on the subject at the office of the League. ,
Mr. HENSON moved a resolution to the effect
the meeting pledged itself not to vote for any Wi'cot
would not pledge himself to vote for the total and 013
ditional repeal of the corn-laws."
Mr. LOCKHART, a gentleman of Buekingha•-
seconded the resolution.

hi r. LOVETT, efore the ution was ut, exP,,r 9oil
castonishmentb that Kenr sington esol,
liammpersraiM
ham, and Notting-hill, with their populations, 203°Lip tr
to 50,000, should have been left without a represen
opi
the under the Reform Bill, while boroughs svi,tl/40
2,000 of a population had two members given toLu"
that Bill.
The resolution was then put and carried unant
0
after which, thanks having been voted to the cb'
meeting separated.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
OPINIONS OF THE SOLICITOR AND isl.;filS
NEY-GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF
ILLEGAL ATTESTATIONS.
The authorities of the War-office having had cer,t#o,
facts relative to the claims of several men brilongloi
the Royal Artillery to be discharged, on the groti
having been illegally attested, transmitted, to th,e,„,iori
0
the Master-General of the Ordnance, have suu:o
these facts to the law officers of the Crown, the M"°,
and Solicitor-General, for their opinions thereon: d
decision of the law officers, which is one of great I
tance to the army, involving, as it does, the claims
great many soldiers, has just been received. sO/1
alb understand these opinions it is uecessary to
that the claims for discharge were of two kinds, 00
based on the 36th clauses of the Mutiny Act. The t<
was that the attestations were illegal, on the grofll7ol
the men having been sworn in before Sir John '!or;
and other officers holding her Majesty's cowl:LA/14100
the second, that the men had, contrary to the prove
the Mutiny Act, been sworn in before a Inagi,)o
not residing within the vicinity of the place in
they were enlisted.
The questions submitted to the law officers Oife
Crown were four in number, and their substance,
that of the opinions, is as follows :
ee;
First. Whether such officers as Sir John,
K.C.H., the Director General of the Ordnance "f_aii
Department, Dr. Watson and the Rev. AlTsoct
the Ordnance Chaplains, and Mr. Stace, the Orloif
Storekeeper, were to be considered as holding ad
sions within the spirit of the 36th section of the
Act? After mature deliberation, the law offieallo4'
of opinion that these gentlemen are not officers flu:oeill
ing to the spirit and meaning of the Act, so as to prey
from attesting recruits in the usual marine. lei
Second. Whether a recruit enlisted in one
district and attested in another, is legally attested,Hiiii,
answer is, that such attestation is not valid if the' L-11,'
be enlisted in one county and attested in anciebe.rcie?
there is considerable doubt as to what is to be c(Olide
as a vicinity, which would be far more extent ive'.
country than in the metropolitan districts.
Third. Whether, supposing the before4llo,4olo
gentlemen held commissions in the army •WitßbeSV,
meaning of the 36th section of the Mutiny Act, t tyl
testations would be illegal? Answer, undoub tedlpe
would, and the men would be entitled to their disc;ol
Fourth. Whether the men who have been cnifirbeeS
soldiers who may have been illegally attested. We t$
enlisted in a valid manner? The anawo r:—Yest.ser
party enlisting being at the time its her M. ajesti"
vice, and in the receipt of full pay.
A supplemental answer is given, based up; ,n tbeare
in which the commissions of these gentlemer, are t, see°
In the first instance, the Crown law officers bad Il°c4l jsl
the commissions, but copies having been ti Luesiv:,,"fl
them, they express their previously formed 10;
they do not in the least alter their opinioi
officers, however, though feeling no doubt w bate/01,100
the legality of the attestations made befo re Sir ,tot;
Webb, yet perceiving that it may lead to de, übts 111101,
jections, recommend that recruits be not in fu tare fit`
, by that magistrate.
Id R.

OPAL ORDNANCE CORPS'
THE ILLEGAL ATTESTATIC
arisi
"
In consequence of the doubts which ha, le last
00)
as to the present mode of attesting recruits .tor tbes,
and more particularly for the Royal Artillei 'y told d
Engineer Corps, the Secretary-at-War has causereto
following letter to be addressed to Mr. 11, -3nry 0%0.
the presiding magistrate of the Woolwich P oAice.o43,
" War-office, De,e. 12,18
" Sir,--The Master-General of the Ort Inance,e%
transmitted to the Secretary-at-War copies o, rert'illeft
tations from the Deputy-Adjutant-General o f Afoo!,
at Woolwich ; and I am accordingly to re ques:initioll
attention to the words of the 30th clause of the 4u-
Act, viz.
, ,A;
"`The said justice shall put to him the se.yersif,'
tions contained in the schedule to this Act stunoce"?
shall then and there, in the presence of the said re%o4
record or cause to be recorded in writing leis
thereunto, and the said justice is hereby required for 0,1
with to read over, or cause his clerk, in his preselr:',o!
read over such to the recruit, the Ist
Sand :Id sect'
the articles of war.'
"Itis of essential importance that there should! of!!
room left for doubting the legality of the attestatleill
recruit; and I am accordingly to request that youiflo!
instruct the officers of the Court over which you pr.,,,t1
that the provisions of the Mutiny Act should ilk e'
instance be strictly complied with.
t'
"The obvious meaning of the clause is, f 10,'0,
justice shall put the questions to the recruit, ar ovre
in the presence of the recruit, record, or cause to beo"
Forded, in writing, then and there, that is at tliie time
in the presence of the justice, his answers tLereto.
" I have the honour to be, &a.,
(Signed) "L. SAJLLIVA.r4:#II
In reply to these objections, Mr. Jezemy has (leer'
that it is not necessary for him, either personally 4; ty
his official clerk, to comply with the provisions.
Mutiny Act before recited. The swearing in 0, is
numerous recruits at the Woolwich Police-c og
therefore, performed by Mr. Sherwin, the Usher ofo,
Court, in the presence of the magistrate, and .416 oil swers in writing to the printed questions are r 04°00
to be filled up by the non-commissioned officer, 'oyl-b1
the recruit is accompanied, the only part perf9rollioti
the magistrate being to affix his name to the, attest° papers.

TILE LANDHOLDERS ALARMS..--It is now qu A p
dent that the landholders are not only alarmed at a c:"0-4.eloo/fi,
repeal, but something more—a revision of the press Tit itl
unequal and unjust taxation. They are well aware l
;bat per
the community (other than themselves) who stand ill OA',
of " protection," and they are now apprehensive tht 0
protection will be brought abort. cl

BIIITIIB.
On the lit inst., at Lowndes.square, the lady o'fli e"rile.°
Taylor, Esq., of a son.
ilf
On the Ist inst., at Prospect House, near Salts.sh, tliolo '
of Captain I. Jervis Tucker, R. N., of a daughter. Iliffi'
On the Ist inst. at Edinburgh, the wife of Captain 1
son, late of the 4th Light Dragoons, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Streatham, the lady of John Gray,o'
of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., in the Strand, Mrs. Cuthbert Britt( 13 Slees
of a daughter.
On the '2d inst., at Walmer, the wife of the Rev... °.l3'
Holland, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Weimer, of a son. 44
On the 241 inst., at Brixton-place, Surrey, the la "
Kelley, Esq., of a son.
On the 3d inst., in Dean-street, Southwark, the wi (s ofig
H. Pettigrew, Esq., of a son.
At New Broad-street, the lady of George Critchet t, 914
surgeon, of a son.
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MARRIED of
On the sth inst., at Padstow, Edward Burall, E94rtet
Trinidad-place, Islington, to Fanny, the youngest dalo 13lso
of Thomas Best, Esq., of Padstow, Yorkshire.
....,,, O
On the 20th ult., at Marylebone Church, E. B. YY3 !Ili°P
Esq., of Cheltenham, to Flora Frances, eldest daughter O.
late Colonel John Macdonald, of Summellands, Exeter.
,to
On the 3d inst., at Hampton, Edmui.td Hammond, nta
Mary Frances, third daughter of the, late Right Hop.
Robert Kerr. •

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On the 28th ult., at Dover„ lET,
the
anne, relict
late David Ball, Esq., aged ;11. Eliza Mari of
rge
On the 30th ult., at Bet w
,nont House, near Caerleon,
to
Hall, Esq., one of Ma'jesty's justices of the peace tor
county of Monmouth., •
On the 30th ult., at Delbury Hall, Shropshire, Fre.a erj 1‘
, c
Hamilton CornewaA, Esq., aged 55.
or
On the 30th ult., George Warwiner, Esq., of Bina..."
grove, Oxfordshire.
•.
On the 31st ult., at Alby-hill, near Aylsham, Mrs. Ferrlet,
On the lst inst., at Chiswick, Mr. Charles Ward. On the let inst., Mr. T. A. M`Bean, of Devonshire-s'a.et,
Portland-place.
On the Ist inst., Charles Wright, Esq., of Wirksig° Derbyshire.
On the Ist inst., Edmond H. G. Calder, fourth son of
Henry and Lady Frances Calder.
On the Ist inst., at Chelsea, Mrs. Harriet Bayford, aged On the Ist inst., at Newark, Notts, S. Bristowe, Esq* off'
On the 2d inst., at Grove-end-road, St. John's-0
William Fergusson, Esq., M.D., aged 73.

,ender; Printed and Puilisied b MURDO o,
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. of
Strand, in tie Precinct of tie Savoy, in the Cow,"
Middlesex, Tuesday, January 0, 1846.