The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-17 00:00:00

IRISH STATE TRIALS.

be, at public meetings, stirring up angry pas-
sions, and raising hatred and ill-will, are overt
acts of a conspiracy, what might be said of the
speeches of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, in days
gone by ?—of Lord LYNDHURST'S alien speech?
—of the Exeter Hall displays I—of Mr.
FxR-
RAND'S harangues ?—and of a thousand others,
which might all have been charged as overt acts
in some great conspiracy ?
If meetings held at different places, at various
times, during a period of nine months—songs
and other publications during the same lapse of
time—speeches delivered to assemblages vary-
ing, as the indictment alleges, from 200 to 800,000
in number—each meeting, publication, and
speech, varying in circumstances, in nature, and
in tendency, are to be taken as overt acts of
one great conspiracy, proof, clear as daylight,
must be given of a conspiracy pre-existent to
those meetings, publications, and speeches, and
that they were held, published, and spoken, in
furtherance of the intent of that conspiracy.
We assert and maintain that if such proof be
not given, no honest jury can take intent upon
inference—assume guilt, where not plainly ap-
parent—or convict upon presumption.
What is the Repeal of the Union ? Neither
more nor less, in fact, than to replace Ireland
in the position in which Ireland stood in the
year 1799. We do not believe that Ireland would
be placed in any better position than at present,
by such a return to its separate Legislature; but
that forms no part of the argument for the
legality of the agitation so to do. How is it
proposed to effect the Repeal? By legal and
constitutional means ; by calling upon the people
to join in appeals to the Crown and to the Legis-
lature, to repeal an Act of Parliament. Is not
this as much within the pale of the law as any
past effort to obtain reform of abuses, or
repeal of Acts of Parliament ? If there had
been any intention to affix a penalty upon the
attempt to obtain a repeal of the Act of Union,
a clause would have been inserted, declaring
that to agitate, or ask for the repeal of that Act,
should be punishable by force of law. But no
such absurdity was sought to be perpetrated, as
the declaring any Act of Parliament final and
unalterable ; finality then, as little suited the
public ear, as finality now; but the Crown
officials seek to effect that by stratagem, which
open declaration could not have accomplished,
even if attempted. Unable to impeach the end,
they accuse the means used to attain it—know-
ing the legality of the object sought, they attack
the intermediate agency—and, to prevent a legal
agitation for a legal purpose, they charge a
number of persons with aims and intents of
which the charge is easy, but the rebuttal diffi-
cult, because the aims and intents, and the acts
done in furtherance thereof, are so insignificant
as, separately, scarcely to draw attention, and
yet, jointly, a conspiracy is sought to be deduced.

had presented to her MAJESTY an autograph
letter from Queen VICTORIA, in reply to the
notification made by Queen ISABELLA of the de-
claration of her majority. The elections con-
tinued in favour of the Progresista party.
The Three per Cents. were done at 25i for
cash, and 25 7-16 at 60 days; and the Five per
Cents. at 19, at 60 days.

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IRISH STATE TRIALS,

On Monday the French Chamber of Deputies
commenced the debate on the address. M.
BERRYER was the first speaker, and protested in
strong language against the paragraph imputing
" wicked machinations" to those who had visited
the Duke of BORDEAUX in Belgrave•square.
Was France, he said, a nation, too, so powerful,
to be alarmed at the proceedings of a few loyal
gentlemen? He declared formally that there
was no conspiracy—no intention to act against
the existing Government in France—nothing
beyond the natural desire of the Legitimist
party to pay honour to the head of their opi-
nions. The Legitimists had gone to London to
pay their respects to the Duke of BORDEAUX,
the representative of their ancient remembrances,
but for no other purpose whatever. Loud marks
of disapprobation interrupted the speaker, when
he declared the Chamber would not.give him a
hearing, and he left the tribune. M. GUIZOT,
however, obtained for him a second hearing, and
afterwards replied to his statement. A report of the
proceedings is given under the proper head.
The Duke of FITZJAMES has published a very
foolish letter on the same subject, addressed to
M. GUIZOT. It has been published in only one
Carlist journal, the Gazette de France, which
states that a report prevailed that the Duke
would be summoned before the Chamber of
Peers to answer for his conduct. It was be-
lieved, however, that another course would be
adopted, and that the editor of the paper ann
the writer would be indicted before the Court
of Assizes. The Journal des Debats publishes
the letter, and, in reference to the attack on M.
GUIZOT, says—" The title of the Duke, and his
language, may have their attraction in Belgrave-
square, but they are powerless in France, where
personal merit, and not a name, secures dis-
tinction."

The inauguration of the statue of MOLIERE in
the Rue Richelieu, took place on Monday, when
several speeches were nude, and all passed off
quietly. The Moniteur publishes the revenue
returns for 1843, which amounted to 764,573,000 f.
(30,600,0000 As compared with those of 1841,
there is an increase of 48,900,000 f., and of
13,316,000 f. over 1842. The improvement bore
principally on the registry duties, stamps, cus-
toms, colonial sugars, salt, liquors, carriage-
licenses, tobacco, &c.; the decrease, on domestic
sugars, gunpowder, &c. The augmentation in
the customs was 13,799,000 f. as compared with
1841, and 4,318,000 f. with 1842.
The Duke of BORDEAUX passed through Bel-
glum on Sunday. He had arrived the previous
night at Ostend, by the Earl of Liverpool steamer.
His suite consists of four persons only, among
whom is the Duke DE LEvis. The Duke slept
at:the Hotel des Bains, at Ostend, and went
thence direct to Cologne by the railroad, without
visiting Brussels.
BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, JAN. 15.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 124 90... 124 90... 124 85... 124 85
4% per Cents 112 ... 112 ... 112 112
Four per Cents 106 106 106 ... 106
Threes. B2 70... 82 70... 82 6b.. 82 65
Bank of France 3260 ...3262 50 ...3260 ...3260
Lafette Bank I,ooof 1112 50 ..1112 50—.1112 50,..1112 50
5,000 f 5075 ...5075 —.5075 ...5075
Belgian Bank .... 660 660 ... 660 ... 660
Belgian Fives ...... 106 ... 106 ... 106 ... 106
1840.... IC9 ... 109 ... 109 ... 109
1842.... 1091 ... 109} 109 k ... 109 a
Three 5.......... 76 40... 76 40... 76 40... 76 40
Dutch 2a per Cents... 55 ... bb ... 55 ... 55
Spanish Active ......... 30 ... 30 ... 30 ... 30
Passive ...... 51 ... 51 gi 5t
Portuguese Fives ... 45a ... 4be 4bl ... 45a
Neapolitan
Roman ......... 105 ... 105 .. 105 ... 105
RAILWAY SHARES.
_

Public prosecutors know full well the advan-
tages of indictments for conspiracy ; actual, or
presumptive, real or imaginary, it, enables them
to go to a jury, upon proof of almost any
matter ; to a jury (it may be) packed or un-
fairly chosen, and an instrument of injustice,
under the sacred name of justice. But we hope
better things, from Irish juries.

We direct our readers' attention to the remark-
able circumstance that the Post of this morning
is quite in a cheerful and rejoicing mood. The
gloom and despondency that have so long im-
parted such a touching character to our Contem-
porary's sentiments are now dispelled, and', he is
radiant with hope—buoyant with extacy. The
causes of this phenomenon may be found in
two Corn-law League meetings which have
recently been held in Suffolk and Surrey, and
which, it appears, are expected to work wonders
in the way of getting up a reaction against the free
traders. "We rejoice," says the Post, in a sud-
den ebullition of tumultuous delight, " we rejoice
to see the spirit which animates these meetings.
It makes us feel that we have not laboured in
vain. Often have we been sneered at as con-
tending for that which no one cared about but
ourselves—as advocating views which had be-
come obsolete." We are glad to find that our
grim Contemporary has heart enough left to
" rejoice" at any thing ; but we greatly fear that
in the present instance his exultation is unwar-
ranted, and that in the Suffolk and Surrey
agricultural meetings he ought rather to
find the materials of tribulation than of
joy—of despair rather than of hope. For
what do these vaunted meetings demonstrate ?
Not the strength, but the weakness of the mo-
nopolists—not their confidence, but their despe-
ration—not their wisdom, but their stolidity.
Where are the zealous and excited crowds that
should flock to them, and give an air of impres-
sive earnestness to their proceedings ? Where
are the convincing arguments and indomit-
able resolution that should characterise
their speeches ? Above all, where—oh where, are
their subscriptions? As regards these last, we
lament to state that as yet they exist only in' the
future tense—with the exception of fifty pounds
and a few odd halfpence which were collected
the other day in a small town in Essex—while,
in reference to the crowds who attend the meet-
ings in question, and the spirit manifested in
their speeches, we may observe; that the gather-
ing is as scanty as the arguments, and that
the arguments themselves are conspicuous only by
their feebleness and inanity. To be sure, at
the Surrey " Anti-League Movement"—as the
rejoicing Post calls it—one of the speakers took
special care to impress on his audience the
" great fact" that the" British lion was at length
fully roused;" but it is evident from the general
character of the speeches made at the recent
agricultural meetings, that the animal who is
thus "roused," possesses far longer ears
than accord with the physique of the
leonine species. We suspected the quad-
ruped's nature from the first, but the
unequivocal bray set up by Lord HEN-
raw in Suffolk, and responded to in melodious
chorus by the tuneful RENDLZSHAM, permits us
no longer to entertain a doubt on the subject.
All circumstances considered, therefore, we
strongly incline to the opinion that our Contem-
porary is rejoicing without sufficient warrant;
and must repeat our conviction dila
the present movemjnts of the Monopolists
should excite in s susceptible bosom no
other feelings than those of dismay and
disquietude. For, mark the humiliating contrast
which they present to the antagonist movements
of the League ! While the one party numbers
its hundreds, the other numbers its thousands.
While the free-traders collect enormous subscrip-
tions with perfect ease, their opponents col-
lect with difficulty a meagre fifty pounds, exclu-
sive of sundry fourpenny bits and a stray shilling
or two. While the League triumphantly wrests
the metropolis from the clutches of a BARING,
the Monopolists, notwithstanding all their hercu-
lean exertions, can only secure the representation
of a cathedral city, situated in the very heart of an
agricultural district, by a few votes obtained by
means which will probably form the subject of a
Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry. We most
sincerely hope—and in this point we fully agree
with the extatic and convulsed Post—that the Mo-
nopolists will be induced to continue their move-
ments, for they will act as a fine set-off to the
counter-proceedings of the League. We trust,
however, that the former will be frank and com-
municative enough to enlighten an inquisitive
public as to the exact amount of their subscrip-
tions, and not maintain such a chilling and mys-
terious reserve on the subject as they have hitherto
done.

St. Germain BOO ... 805 ... 800 .. 805
Versailles, R.B 3ll 25... 320 .. 312 50... 320
L. 8...
Rouen B3O ... 830 ... 830 . . 825 '
Rouen t. Bane 655 ... 655 ... 652 50... 652 50
Orleans.

Strasburg to Bale 240 ... 243 75... 240 ... 243 75
Avignon to Marseilles 670 ... 673 75... G7O ... 672 50
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.

St. Germain BO7 50... 807 50... 807 50... 807 50
Versailles, R.B 315 ... 321 25... 315 ... 321 25
L. 8... 175 ... 180 175 ... 180
Rouen
Rouen to Havre... ..
Orleans . 850 ... 855 ... 850 ... 855
Strasburg to Bale 237 50... 240 ... 237 5p... 240
Avignon to Marseilles 670 ... 675 ... 670 .. 675

Considerable sensation has for some days past been
caused by the rumours which had been current in
Gray's Inn, as to the awkward position of a profes-
sional man of long standing, and of hitherto high
character. Involvements to a very latge amount—
some say to the extent of 150,000/.—were alleged to
be about to be disclosed. The Gazette of last night
contains the confirmation of the involvements, but we
hope that the amount stated is exaggerated. Specu-
lation in buildings, and in matters out of the range of
professional business, is the alleged cause of the un-
fortunate event. _ .

Summonses were issued last evening to the Cabinet
Ministers to attend a Council at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street.
held ti s afternoon.
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SIR IL POTTINGER AND THE
AMEERS OF SCINDE•
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six,—l have just read a letter, published in the
Morning Chronicle, and said to be written by Sir
Henry Pottinger upon the events in Sinde.
With you, Sir, I hold this letter to be a forgery--
a shameless one—put forth to abuse the public mind
previous to the expected debates in Parliament on
Sindian affairs, which must take place before Sir
Henry Pottinger can disavow the letter attributed to
him.
I add this reason also to those you have advanced,
in disproof of its authenticity. Sir H. Pottinger, in
his travels, speaks of the Ameers' government as one
" whose extortion, ignorance, and tyranny, are possibly
unequalled in the world."l
But whether the letter published in the Chronicle
be, or be not, a forgery, it most insolently proclaims
a falsehood.

WM. NAPIER, Major-General.
Guernsey, Jan. 12, 1844.

DOVER.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Dovzia, Jaw. 16.—Arrived from Calais H.M. Steamer
Princess Alice, Captain Luke Smithett, in one hour and
forty minutes, having on board her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, and her daughter the Princess
Mary.

Their Royal Highnesses were received by Colonel
Rice Jones, R.E., commandant of the garrison, with a
guard of honour from the 77th Regiment, and landed
under a salute from the Western Ileiglits. After par-
taking of some refreshment at Worthington's Hotel,
they proceeded, under a second royal salute, for London,
intending to reach Cambridge House to dinner.
It is expected the South Eastern Railway will be open
to Dover on the Ist of February.

THE BISUOP'S-COURT FARgo near to Benson, in
Oxfordshire, with a tenant upon it (Mr. Shrubby, whose
family have domesticated and thriven upon it for nearly
a century, is directed, by the Court of Chancery, to be
sold by Mr. George Robins, to-morrow, at the Auction
Mart. This sale will afford the means of forming a com-
parative judgment upon the conflicting opinions as to
the present value of land. The fame of the Cora League,
it is believed, will be put into jeopardy ; but to-morrow,
nous verrons. Benson is a quiet little town, one stage
from Oxford, and has the good fortune to have four
coaches travelling through it daily, a circumstance that
the railroads have put an extinguisher upon in most
other provincial towns. The tenant of the farm kept
the great inn there, until thirty miles an hour put it to
rest. Inns are no longer required where railroads prevail.
—Post.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—GIBRALTAR, JAN. 6.
At Anchor—Her Majesty's ships Belvedere, and steamers
*of war Volage. The tPacha
Geyser and Locust. The Geyser arrived on the 4th, with India
mails from Malta. LISBON, JAN. 9.—Her Majesty's ship
Warspite, and the French In.
spoke the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamers—on the
7th the Oriental, 10 leagues S.E. of Cape St. Vincent ; the
9th, the Lady Mary Wood, off Oporto; and on the 13th the
Liverpool 2, off Ushant. No ship of war at Cadiz on the 7th
inst. ; nor at Vigo, of any nation, on the 10th.
Mr. Bartholomew, the state porter at Dublin
Castle. is about to retire, after a service of thirty-seven
years. He opened and closed the portals on twelve ,
Viceroys in his time,
from the Duke ofßichmond to Earl
de Grey.

The Madrid journals of the 9th are destitute of
interest. Mr. BuovEß, the British Ambassador,

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EN ENING, JANUARY 17, 1844.

that he has had a dim view of the comet. "No nucleus,"
he says, " was perceptible, nor could the comet itself be
seen, except the eye was directed to another part of the,
field."
Two countries—Switzerland and the Roman States—
have raised the rate of postage.
The first Act of Parliament passed for the construc-
tion of a railroad was in 1801.
The City of London Church Missionary Society held
their anniversary meeting, on Tuesday, at the Hall of
Commerce. Mr .J. Labouchere in the chair. The report
announced that the missions of the parent Society now
embraced ninety-two stations, employing 1,263 labourers,
of whom a large number were ordained ministers. The
number of schools was 665, providing education for an
aggregate of 66,000 persons, in Northern India and
Bombay, &c. In New Zealand alone there were 35,000
natives under instruction. During the past year there
had been forwarded to the parent from the branch .So-
ciety, 923/, of which sum 5001. had been granted by
the City Corporatism, and 1001. presented by the Golds-
smiths' Company.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

CHANCERY.-(TI-IS DAY.)

BAILLIE V. INNIS.
The Lord Chancellor was occupied the whole day with the
further arguments in this part-heard appeal.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

BERESFORD V. ARMACCR.
The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole (in
with the further arguments in this part-heard case, which
came before the Court upon exceptions.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
This was an appeal against a decision of the magistrates as
to the amount upon which the Grand Junction Railway Com-
pany ought to be assessed to the poor-rate of a certain parish
through which the railway passed. The question at issue was
whether the Company was to be rated upon the whole of their
receipts or only upon their tolls.
The Solicitor-General had last term been heard on behalf of
the Company.
Mr. M. D. HILL, this morning, was heard on the same side,
and contended that it was evident from the Act of Parliament
that the tolls, and the tolls only, were rateable. The South
Western case did not apply to the present case, inas-
much as no tolls were received on that Railway, and it
was not to be reasonably expected that tolls ever would be re-
ceived on that line. But on the Grand Junction line tolls to
a large amount were received, with respect to the carrying
trade of the Company they were to be considered merely as
carriers, carrying on their business in common with other car-
riers who used that railroad and paid the Company tolls for
the use of it. The rateable value of the railroad, then, was the
amount of tolls actually received by the Company from other
carriers for the use of the railway, plus the amount of tolls which
the Company would have had to pay for the use of the road
as carriers if they had not been the occupiers of the railroad.
Air. KELLY replied, and contended that the amount of
actual receipts was the basis on which the rate should be calcu-
lated. The annual value of the property was what a tenant
would give for it, and if a landlord were to let the railroad, he
would take all contingencies into his caleulation in fixing the
amount of the rent to be paid.
Mr. HILL replied.
The COURT took time to consider its judgment.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIA:aes.)
GEORGE V. HORD.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of 68/. Bs.
6d., the balance of an account arising out of goods which had
been supplied by the plaintiff, a silk mercer, to the defendant,'a
dressmaker. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 681. Bs. 6d.
Costs, 40s.