The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

dividends are unclaimed beyond a certain time, say
this year, a list of such unclaimed dividends should
be thrice published in the Gazette and in each of the
London daily papers. That such list should contain
the names and description of the parties appearing as
owners of the stock, and the date when the first divi-
dend unclaimed became due; and, after such publication,
repeated a proper number of times, a period fixed by
law having; elapsed without a claimant and proof of
right, the stock and dividend should be absolutely
cancelled and appropriated to the public benefit. By
this plan every relation of the party would have
notice, within a time easy of proof, of their right ; no
suppression would be chargeable to the Government,
fraud would be prevented, and all temptation to that
talented trickery taken away, which delights in de-
ceiving those who appear only too eager to grasp at
all that they can lay their hands upon. So long as
information is withheld, which every party has a juFt
right to, so long will ingenious clerks sell their
means of obtaining it. A CHRISTMAS will be found,
so long as it is worth while to pay him ; information
will always fetch its price ; and far better for society
that JOSEPH ADYS should abound, openly proffering
their twenty shillings' worth, than supplying in
secret the means of plunder, and pandering to forgery
and other crimes.

Accounts from Madrid of the 15th inst. state that
preparations were in progress at Cadiz for the in-
vasion of Morocco, to avenge the death of a foreigner
who acted at that place as Spanish Consul. The
Castellano states that some Spanish commercial
houses propose to effect a loan for the Government on
more advantageous terms than those hitherto offered,
but that the Minister of Finance is inclined to put it
up for public competition. It is also said he has re-
ceived proposals from certain foreign capitalists for
carrying his object into effect. We believe there is
not a word of truth in this statement. Foreign capi-
talists know Spanish honour too well to trust their
money to a Government which is not sanctioned by
the Constitution, and every act of which would be
disowned by the Cortes as soon as they were at liberty
to act. The Cortes would act precisely as FER-
DINAND did, and refuse to acknowledge any loan
made by BRAVO, NARVAEZ, and Co.
The Three per Cents. were done at 361 for cash,
and 371 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 23-,1,-
at 60 days.

In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday
a lengthened discussion took place on numerous pe•
titions from certain Protestants in the South o
France, in which they state, that in some districts the
congregations are so small, that they have not the
means to build churches, and therefore pray such an
alteration of the 29th article of the Penal Code as
would enable them to hold meetings in private houses.
It appeared from the speeeches of the Members that
the Government could grant a license for such a pur-
pose ; but as that was occasionally refused, from per-
sonal caprice, or some other cause, the parties
claimed the interference of the Legislature in
order that the law might be definitively settled.
M. D. HAUSSEVILLE, in presenting the petitions,
moved " that they be referred to the Minister of
Justice and Public 'Worship." M. DUPIN moved
the Order of the Day—in other words the rejection
of the petitions, when two divisions took place, but
the President could not decide which party had the
majority. A ballot was taken, when the amendment
of M. DUPIN was rejected by a majority of 18.
M. MARTIN (du Nord), the Minister of Public
Worship, promised to give the subject his best at-
tention.
The Three per Cents. were quoted at TORTONI'S, on
Sunday, at 83f. 65c.
The Moniteur publishes the following telegraphic
dispatch :

" MARSEILLES, APRIL 19,

" The Queen of the two Sicilies was delivered, in the night
of the 14th, of a Princess, who was held at the baptismal font
by the Princess of Salerno, and received the names of Maria
Clementin a linmaculat a."

The Augsburg Gazette of the 16th inst. contains the
following strange statement :—" The High Court of
Appeal of the Duchy of Baden has condemned to
imprisonment for one year a Captain MOLLIat, con-
victed of high treason towards the State. He had
corresponded in 1840 with General CUBIERES, the
French Minister Of War under the TnlEus Adminis-
tration. In the correspondence which came out in
evidence, Captain MOLLER offers the French Minister
any information that may be useful to him in case of
war, and assures him that a portion of the German
troops are ready to make common cause with the
French. General CUBIERES, in his answer to the offers
made, says, I thank you for the offers which you
make of your services. They testify your attachment
to France, and I do not doubt your sentiments in that
respect.' General CUBIERES'S letter is written on a
sheet of paper, with the words & Ministere de la
Guerre' printed upon it."

THIS DAY'S NEWS

CHESTER

6 to 1 agst Bramble
15 to 2 agst Pagan
25 to 1 agst Roscius—t
25 to 1 abst Evertor—t
DER
6 to 5 offered on two agst
the field
9 to 4 agst Ugly Buck
3to 1 agst Ratan—t freely'
16 to 1 agst Leander
18 to 1 agst Campanero

cur.
25 to 1 agst Hooton
30 to 1 agst Freedom-
-35 to 1 agst Quebec-1

NEWMARKET RACES.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
BETTING AFTER TIIE RACES.
MONDAY NIGHT.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
3 to 1 offered on The Ugly Buck.
All are scratched except the favourites, Joe Lovell, Devil-
to-pay, the Agnes colt, Dr. Phillimore, Antenor, and the
Wadastra colt.

25 to 1 agst Bay Momus
30 to 1 agst Running Rein
33 to 1 agst Elemi—t fr.
50 to 1 agst Qui Tam—t
66 to 1 agst Apprentice
66 to 1 agst Lancet
OAKS.
30 to 1 agst Emerald—t
Entry for the Queen's Plate--Wee Pet, Maria Diaz, Jenny
Jumps, Sister to Coranna, and Souvenir filly.
Scott's Derby Lot—A dispute as to whether, in a bet laid
on Colonel Peel's and Mr. Crockford's lots against Scott's
lot, on the last day of Warwick races, 1843, Bay Momus,
although not included in the published list, should be consi-
dered as having formed part of Scott's lot at that time, having
been referred to the lion. Captain Rous and C. Greville,
Esq., they this evening delivered their opinion in writing,
to the effect that, except in cases where there was a complete
understanding on both sides that Bay Momus had become
one of Scott's lot, it is most consistent with a general prin-
ciple of equity, and most conformable to the bona fide inten-
tions at the time of the contracting parties, to decide that he
did not constitute a member of it: until he was actually put
in training, and was retuned by Scott himself (in the list
published) as forming one of the lot.

[We shall give the result of the TWO THOUSAND
GUINEAS STAKES, in a " Titian Eranox," the moment
it arrives.]

THE IRISH STATE TRIALS.
(From the Morning Herald.)
By an extraordinary express, we are enabled to lay before
the public most important affidavits, sworn yesterday in Dub-
lin, by the town clerks of that city, Messrs. Archer and Dick-
inson, and of their chief clerk, Mr. 3lagrath, in answer to Mr.
Pierce Mahoney, who had sworn
" That a grosf, wilful, and corrupt suppression of the names
of the said persons and others qualified to be placed on the
Special Jurors' List for the year 1844, had taken place."
And, in an affidavit filed 19th April, 1544, this gentleman
further undertook positively to depose that " the omission of
the names of several persons from said special jurors' list was
not by accident, but was the effect and result of design and
contrivance, to prejudice the traversers.''
The affidavits of the Dublin town clerks, which we now
present, rebut this charge of Mr. Pierce Mahoney in the most
solemn manner, and cannot fail to remove from the mind of
even the most prejudiced person any impression that unfair
means were resorted to in the matter of these jury lists
about which we have heard so much. Nothing can be more
clear or satisfactory than these replies of Messrs. Archer and
Dickinson, and which are brought forth in consequence of
a notice served on those gentlemen by the Crown
solicitor, requiring them to answer the charges made
against them by Mr. O'Connell and the other con-
spirators. There was the greatest anxiety in Dublin to
learn the purport of these affidavits, and all sorts of rumours
were indulged in with reference to them. It was very gener-
ally reported that the town clerks would not file any affi-
davits in reply to the gross charges of the conspirators, but
we are happy to remove every such impression, and to place
the entire documents themselves in the hands of the public.
It will be seen that these important affidavits at once de-
stroy the only hope the traversers could have had of sustain-
ing their motion for a new trial.
L Here follow the affidavits referred to, which fill more
than three columns of the Herald, and abound with those
endless repetitions, and unintelligible and involved sentences,
fur which documents of this kind are remarkable.]

DEPARTURE OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT FOR
GERMANT.—Her Royal Highness took her departure
from town about nine o'clock for the Continent, pro-
ceeding to the terminus of the South Eastern Rail-
way, and travelling to Dover by a special train. Her
Royal Highness is expected to embark this afternoon
at Dover for the Continent.
Lord Prudhoe is still suffering from a severe attack
of gout, at hip residence in Whitehall-gardens.