The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-01 00:00:00

'again adjourned. Every one seems tired of the
affair, but as a great number of Peers had inscribed
their names, and prepared speeches for the occasion,
as' a" matter of course, they must go through the
ceremony. The Bill introduced by the Government
will be adopted without any material alteration. In
the :Chamber of Deputies numerous petitions were
pres'ented for the abolition_ of slavery in the colonies ;
11 and on Saturday next a report is to be made on the
subject, which is looked forward to with great in-
terest, as the Minister of Marine, Admiral MACKALT,
had' announced that he would take that opportunity of
stating to the Chamber the views of,the Government,
with regard 'to the proposed changes. Arrests still
cpntinue to be made,. in the army, but no journal
states for what cause. The following mysterious state-
ment appears in the Caurrier Francais of Sunday :
" The arrest, of non-commissioned officers still con-
tinues, and the rumours of military conspiracies are,
therefore, gaining ground. Rigorous measures have
been exercised towards the Bth Artillery, which has
recently left Toulouse. It is even affirmed that the
Ministry suspect officers, some of a high rank. The
imprisonment of a colonel was at one time agitated,
and it is only. owing to. motives of relationship that
that superior officer has_not been arrested at the head
of his regiment. The Ministry proceed with the
utmost secrecy; they are ordered to act with the
greatest caution, in order not to irritate the army, and
not to let the Government's apprehension transpire.
They, therefore, say that the reports afloat relative to
the discontent of the army are quite unfounded; but
their assertions inspire no confidence, when one
knows the measures they deem it necessary to re-
sort to.”

DEPARTURN OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE
BELGIANS.—Their Majesties King Leopold and the
Queen of the Belgians embarked at Woolwich dock-
yard yesterday for Ostend, having; taken leave of
her' Majesty and Prince Albert. Their Majesties and
suite arrived in one of the Royal carriages at Wool-
wich_dockyard about eleven
.o'clock, from Bucking-
ham Palace, and soon afterwards went on board the
steam-packet for Ostend.

THE IRISH STATE TRIALS.—On Monday the So-
liciter-General resumed his address in opposing the
motion of Mr. Whiteside for a new trial, and stated
that all that had been said in siupport of obtaining a
new trial was mere repetition of the arguments put
forward on the motion to quash the panel. Mr.
Whiteside contended that-the omission of those names
was the result of fraud or design, and not accident.
Now he would say, that whatever ground there might
be to apply the fraud to the other side, there was
none that could in the slightest degree attach it to
the Crown. He did not say that the traversers, or
-any one acting for them, was guilty of fraud, but when
a charge of the kind was made, and that it was sought
to apply it to those acting, on the part of the Crown,
he had a right to retort, and say that if fraud existed
at all it was much more applicable to the other side.
Mere. was not the slightest ground to show that the
omission of the names was the result of fraud or con-
trivance. After tiring the bench and the 'audience
.with a long heavy speech, he intimated that he could
not conclude his argument till next day, and the
Court adjourned at four o'clock. It would be diffi-
cult to point out any trial during which so many
long-winded speeches have been made.. The Counsel
for the Crown seem to vie with the traversers in
making these monster trials utterly ridiculous.

A NEw• FEATURES IN Trfli INCOME-TAY.--When
Sir Robert Peel propoSed this measure in the House
of Commons, he dwelt at some length on the strict
sedresy which would be observed by all th• officers
appointed to make up the returns. In fact, the
business was to be done in such a private and gen-
tlemanly way, that the left hand of Mr.
Collector would not know what his right did. ' As
A proof how promises and engagements made in Par-
hament.vanish into thin air, we may state,•that in one
district of the borough of Southwark the tax papers
containing the amount due for the year ending March,
1844; are delivered without any envelope or covering
whatever, and the amount of each man's income be-
comes known to all who have the curiosity to pry
into the state of his affairs. .