The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-10 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

VESSELS SPOKEN Wyrn.-Clara Ann Maria, Calcutta
to Batavia, October 8, at St. Nicholas Point ;
Vriendcn, Amsterdam to Batavia, 9th, at Auger by
the Jeannette Philippine, arrived in the Texel ;
Nouveau Perseverant, Bourdeaux to Monte Video, Ist, lat.
3 N, lon. 24 W., by the Curdraal de Cheveurs, arrived in the
Gironde. Delft, Rotterdam to Batavia, Oct. 4, lat. 38
lon. 31 E ; Agnes, Amsterdam to New York, Jan. 18, lat. 47,
lon. 21 ; Johann Ciesar, Buenos Ayres to Havannah, Dec. 9,
lat. 52 5, lon. 47 W. ; Elizabeth Maria, Amsterdam to La
Guayra, Jan. 21, lat. 38 N, lon. 19 W. ; Rapide, Hamburgh
to Batavia, lat. 35 S., lon. 10 E. Independence, Liverpool
to New York, Ist inst., lat. 49., lon. • 14, by the Emanuel,
Bouither, arrived at Plymouth. Judith, of Bristol, and Eliza-
beth Ann, Palermo, to Liverpool, Oct. 18th, by the Titania,
arrived at Portsmouth. Dorothea, from Calcutta, Nov. 18,
lat. 18 N., lon. 89 E.; Mary Ann Hay, Sept. 1, lat. 20 N,
lon 22 ; Albion, Nov. 29, lat. 20 N., lon. 90 E. ; Addaar,
Amsterdam, to Batavia, Sept. 21, lat. 32 S., lon. 1 W.;
Adriana en Jacoba, standing to thewestward, Oct. 23, lat.
18 S., lon. 90 E.; John Cooper, from Calcutta, Nov. 2, lat.
40, lon. 88, out eighty-six days, by the Gentoo, arrived at
Calcutta. Egerton, Liverpool to Calcutta, Oct. 1,
lat. 4 S, lon. 88 E. ; Jane Brown, Shields to Calcutta,
Sept. 18, lat. 21 S., lon. 28; Rapid, Hamburgh to Batavia,
Oct. 23, lat. 40 S., lon. 36 E.; Maid of Athens, for Constan-
tinople, 27th ult., off Cape Nakkous, by the Avon, arrived at
Algiers. Henry, Mauritius to Calcutta, Nov. 8 ; Dutch brig
579, Batavia to Rotterdam, Nov. 4, lat. 26 S., lon. 63 E.;
Minerva, of Greenock, 20th ult., lat. 33 N., lon. 26 W. ; Mil-
ford, Bristol to Charleston, 23d, lat. 37, lon: 34, by the
Paragon, arrived at Liverpool. Thetis, Mauritius to Cal-
cutta, Nov. 20, lat. 3 S., lon. 69 E., by the John Moore,
arrived at Bombay. Eliza Fox, bound to Leghorn, 17th ult.,
off Cape St. Vincent ; Five Sisters, Clyde to Bonny, 22d,
lat. 39, lon. 11 W., by the St. George, arrived at Plymouth.
Thistle, Demerara to London, 10th ult., lat. 25, lon. 61 ; Al-
bert, New Orleans to Barbadoes, 12th, lat. 27, lon. 56, by the
Standard, arrived at Liverpool. Pallice, Havre to the South
Seas, Sept. 12 ; Mary Catherine, Singapore to London, Nov.
18, off Lucipera Island; John Crea, from Singapore, 25th,
off Pulo Taya, by the Nereid, arrived at Singapore. Rienzi,
LiVerpool to New Orleans, 28th ult., lat. 43, lon. 12, by the
Elizabeth Ann, arrived at Liverpool.
GRAVESEND, FEB. 8.-Arrd. Mary Ann and Galatea, Cape
of Good Hope ; Jessie, Havanna!' ; Portland, Cuba ; Assidu-
ous, Teneriffe ; Grace, Teneriffe ; Baltic, Cadiz ; Dart, Os-
tend ; North Britons and Gothenburg. 9.-Heroine and
Prima Donna, St. Michael's. Sid. Star of the West, Malta;
Arundel, Rotterdam ; Anna Louisa, Bremen.

CURIOUS ANALOGY.—Sir Robert Peel, who has
been described as the modern Janus, with his double face,
oue looking upon the doomed days of monopoly, the other
upon the coming era. of free trade, is somewhat characteris-
tically situated, as regards his town residence in Privy-gar-
dens. The premises occupied by him stand in two parishes,
partly in St. Martin's and partly in St. Margaret's ; for both
of which he is rated, and for either of which he Is enabled
to
vote. Our readers will judge how far his geographical posi-
tion is analogous to his political Que.—Patriot.

IRISH STATE TRIALS.
TWENTY-FIRST DAY.

THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.
TWENTY-SECOND DAY.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—TIIIIRSDAY.
At the usual hour, the Judges took their seats on the
Bench.
'The SOLICITOR-GENERAL resumed his address, Ri,d
said—Since addressing the Court on the previous day,
he had looked more particularly into the case of the
King against Hunt, and found it was an authority in
support of that part which charges as conspiracy to
excite discontent and disaffection among his Majesty's
subjects, and of hatred and contempt towards the
Government and Constitution. He then proceeded to
comment on the evidence on the part of the Crown.
The next meeting was that in Kilkenny, on the Bth of
June. The proceedings of that meeting are published
in the Pilot newspaper of the 12th of June, 1843.
There is first a long description of the number
of persons who attended, next the banners, the
flags, the music, and so forth, and then Mr. O'Con-
nell made a speech, to a part of which he
would call attention. " I suppose you have heard
of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel
having come down to Parliament one fine day,
and declared they would prevent you from getting re-
peal. They want to drive us to civil war ; but we are in
the right, and our plan is to place them in the wrong."
Allusion to civil war was made so far back as the year
1834, not by the Members of the present Administra-
tion, but by certain Members of the Administration of
that time. He had stated yesterday what appeared the
fair construction of' Sir Robert Peel's declaration.
Being asked whether it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to introduce any measure into Parliament for
the purpose of putting a stop to agitation, Sir R. Peel
expressed the reluctance of the Government to apply for
any additional power until it should first be ascertained
whether the existing law was not in itself snffieient to
enable them to conduct the administration of affairs in
Ireland. This was a plain and intelligible hint to those
persons engaged in agitation that—
Mr. &MIL here observed that the Learned Counsel
not only yeiterday went very far out of the evidence,
but was now adverting to topics which* had nut the
slightest referenee to it.
The SOLICITOR,GENRRAL said, he was not aware that
he had been alluding to' zany topic, or to any fact which
had not been proved in, evidence.
Mr. Justice Crtai4Pikiie---You introduced something
about the year 1834.
Mr. SHELL said, he admitted that great indulgence
had been extended to him by the Crown; 'nevertheless,
he could not avoid observing that the Solicitor-General
had no right to advert to the motives of 'Sir R. Peel;
and, as regarded yesterday, the Learned Counsel had no
right to tell a jury that, unless there was a verdict for
the Crown, coercion would be introduced.
Judge CRAMPTON observed that allusion should only
be made to that which had been given in evidence.
Mr. SHELL said that the Solicitor-General wanted to
advert to a speech spoken in Parliament, and from that
speech he would draw an inference for the jury.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—What I intended to say
with respect to this speech, was this:—Mr. O'Connell in
some of his addresses, which I have had occasion to read
to the jury, having justified, or attempted to justify,
his acts, adverted to what had been said or uttered
in Parliament as to civil war ; my intention was to
show that there was no well-grounded reason to ap-
prehend any such consequence. Mr. O'Connell was not
warranted in using the language he did, the observations
referred to having been made in Parliament ; and no-
thing was further from my intention, than to held out
to the jury a threat, that if they did not find a ver-
dict for the Crown, it would be necessary to re ort
to any additional powers. I really do not think I stated
that which the Learned Counsel has imputed to me. If
I did, gentlemen of the jury, I beg leave to retract it-
All I can say is, that if I did use the words capable of
the construction given, I think the observation of my
Learned Friend was perfectly justifiable, and any inter-
ruption, for the purpose of duly guarding the jury, is
also perfectly justifiable. What I meant to convey was
this—your Lordships will recollect that during these
proceedings it has been asserted over and over again-
that no law was violated. Mr. O'Connell has repeatedly
in his speeches asserted that he would keep his fol-
lowers from the meshes of the law—that no law should
be violated. What I meant to convey was this—that it
should be decided by an appeal to a legal tribunal whether
the law had been violated or not. The question between US
and Mr.O'Connell is this—whether what has taken place is
reconcileable with the common law of the country. That
is the only question which I think I am entitled to raise,
and a question to which I have been all along anxious
to confine myself. At Tuilamore Mr. O'Connell made
a speech in which he commented, at great length, on the
course that had been pursued with regard to the union.
llaying done this he proceeded to hold out to the
people whom he was addressing, the advantages which
they might expect would accrue from a repeal. Having
read a passage from the speech referred to, the Learned
Counsel observed—Now you will observe that one of the
means employed in fostering what I call the
delusion, was the laying down the mistaken authority
of certain men. The people were told that there we's
no difficulty,in point of law, in repealing the Act of Union..
Mr. O'Connell then says—" The Irish Parliament was not
dead—it only sleeps—the Royal prerogative remains
unimpaired, and the Queen might come and restore it
without troubling us at all." Now, the people who at-
tended this meeting were instructed by Mr. O'Connell
that "the Queen a as anxious for them, and favourable
to them," and he then lays down the law that it is not
necessary, in order to effect their object, that the English
Parliament or the Saxon Parliament should be resorted
to—when she is convinced that it ought to be done
there is no legal objection to issuing write, thereby call-
ing together the Parliament again." Now, gentlemen,
this brings me to the consideration of the proposition
whether it is consistent with the law of this land to
say that the Queen can reconstruct the Parliament of
Ireland by the mere exercise of the Royal prerogative
in issuing writs to such places in Ireland as her Majesty
may think proper. When my Learned Friend, the
Attorney-General, in his very luminous statement.
arrived at this part of the case, he threw out a challenge
to the counsel on the other side—he asked how far they
were prepared to establish or support the opinion or
their clients at this point. I do not exactly know, at
this moment, whether they mean at all to insist on the
legality of that proposition, or if they do, to what extent;
they will rely. Now, I think, I shall have very little
difficulty in demonstrating to their Lordships, who I
take for granted will duly lay down the law, that that is ii
total perversion of the law, is altogether unsupported by,
legal principles ; it is directly adverse to the besu
established principles of our law, it is wholly unintel-
ligible, and the result would be to render void all
the acts which have been passed since the union.
The defendants do not exactly say that the union..
was void, but passages were read to show, that thougle
binding in point of law, it was not binding in point
conscience or constitutional principle as contradistin-
guished from law and precedent. It was said that King
James issued writs for 40 boroughs in one day, and that:
the Crown had now the right of exercising the same*
power. There is an explicit enactment that no meeting
shall be convened, or any persons elected or considered ass
representatives of those places either in the United Par-.
liament or elsewhere, except as the Imperial Parliament
shall determine. It has been said that the Queens
has the power to issue writs to call together an Irish
Parliament, for this reason that that Parliament, as Mr..
O'Connell alleges, is not dead, but sleeps—that it is still
in constitutional and legal existence, though not actually
exercising its functions. That -supposes the Act of
Union to be altogether void. Mr. Whiteside, one of thee
counsel for the traversers, went the length of saying
that it was not meant by that that the Act of Union was
not binding in point of law, but merely that it was voidt
in constitutional principle. I can, however, give a verys,
good answer with respect to Mr. O'Connell's meaning.
and the meaning which he intended to be conveyed too
the people of Ireland, by referring you. to the docu-e
naents which the traversers gave in evidence them
day before yesterday. Among the documents put ire,
by them, was an address of the National Associae.
tion at its first establishment to the people of Ire-.
land. It contains a dedication to the people oe
Ireland by Mr. O'Connell. "I dedicate," said he.
" these reports to you; they are written by one of your-
selves for the benefit of you all." Now, in this publica-
tion I find the doctrine respecting the union laid dome
thus:—" Besides all this, it is perfectly clear that the
Irish Parliament had no right whatsoever to vote away.
their country's independence." He then states Plunket'ia
words, and thus continues :—" Such were the means
by which the union was carried, and such wags
the inherent radical defect, in oint of law and
conscience, in that measure." What will be sail
of that ? Is that, or is it not, a. deliberate asser-
tion circulated among the people of Ireland, that by
reason of the inherent want of legal power the ca-
pacity of the Legislature, and particularly of the Iri3l/.
Legislature, which passed the union—the union was
void in point of law and conscience ?—" It is right
to see how this inherent defect in the union," end!
so on, " was exhibited by another lawyer?" I will say
that this assertion of Mr. O'Connell's, as to the right too
call together an Irish Parliament without the sanction'
of the Legislature, is not only seditious and unlaa ful.
but is also delusive. I say it is one of the means by-
which the objects of this combination were attempted tub
be misled ; and Mr. O'Connell misled them as to thee
nature of the act, in order to create discontent and Elise
affection with it, and to induce those large assemblies es
unite with him in getting rid of the statute. I hold this
assertion to be further delusive, because it pretenr ed.
to be founded upon what has been represented to you"
as the opinions of those eminent men whose names your
have often heard of in the course of this trial. NI, elle
gentlemen of the jury, so far as relates to the doe-'
trine that the Queen, by virtue of the Royal prerogative,
can, independent of Parliament, issue writs for calling
together a Parliament in Ireland, also to the propositiora
that the union is not binding in point of law, I am sures
you will be satisfied that both are unfounded, being
based upon unfair and unjust misrepresentations of the
opinions of eminent persons, and I will now assume, its ,
the remainder of my address, that you are perfectly
satisfied there is not any solid foundation whatever fo!
that which has been repeated over and over agaiT and
circulated through the country for the purpose ?
eneral znleading and deceiving. (The Solicitor
ssion issued
com-
mented very ably on the formation of
the
courts.) There was a regulatejudirial arbitration'
° " Arbitration Court,"
certain district, Rnit
to the arbitrators to
haot r
the summons w
other tribunal ; as fir
It was idle to say thug
example "Insolvent Court.'
just like the titles
those analogy between proceedings an
there was any
in awards, which were made riles of
what took place °fan
Court, to be carried into effect by the constituted math°.
rities, while the judges sanctioned by the Repeal_ Assoa
elation were only responsible to that body. Having re•
ferred to other proceeding, the Learned Counsel went

Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downin,
street.

IRISH HIGH SHERIFFS for 1844.
The Lord Lieutenant has appointed the undermen-
tioned gentlemen 0 the office of High Sheriff for the
following counties, and counties of cities, and towns in
Ireland, for the year' 1844:
ANTRIM—John M'Gildowney, Esq., Clare Park,
Ballycastle.
Am/ton—John R. Irwine, Esq., Carnagh House,
Keady.
CAtiLow—Sir R. Paul, Bart., Ballyglare, Waterford.
CARRICKFERGUS TOWN—W. Burleigh, Esq., Carrick-
fergus.

CAVAN—The Hon. Somerset 11. Maxwell, Arley Cot-
tage, Mount Nugent.
CLARE—William Butler, Esq., Bunahow, Gort.
CORK—Sir Edward Singe, Bart., Lislea, Bandon.
CORK ClTY—William Rogers, Esq., Lota, Cork.
DONEGAL—T. Batt, jun., Esq , Bathmullen, Lisburn.
DowN—J. R. Allen, Esq., Mountpanther, Clough.
DROGHEDA TOWN—Thomas Carty, Esq , Drogheda.
DUBLIN—William E. Caldbeck, Esq., Kihnastiogue ;
Saekville-street Club.
FERMANAGH —John Grey Vesey Porter, EN., Kils-
ereeny, Trilliek.
GALWAY—IIon. Standish P. Vereker, Loughcooter
Castle, Gort.
GALWAY TOWN--Chas. Blake, jun.,Esq., Merlin-park.
KERRY—J. Coltsman, Esq , Flesk Castle, Killarney.
KILDA RE—O'Connor Henchy, Esq., Stonebrook, Bal-
lymore Eustace.
KILKENNY— 11. St. George, Esq., Balief Castle,
Johnstown.
KILKENNY CITY—Sir John Blunden, Bart., Castle
Blunden.
KING'S COUNTY—Thomas Hackett, Esq., Birr.
LEITRIM—James Johnstone, Esq., Kinlough House,
Bundorin.
LIMERICK--Rd. Quinn Sleeman, Esq., Cahera, Glin.
LIMERICK ClTY—Samael Dickson, Esq., Limerick.
LONDONDERRY, CITY AND COUNTY—Thomas Scott,
Esq., Hillsborough, Londonderry.
LONGFORD—Thomas Hussey, Esq.,
mab on. Ballynacor, Bally-

LOUTU—Sir R. Robinson, Bart., Rolieby Hall, Dunleer.
MAiro--Colonel James M'Alpine,Windsor, Castlebar.
MEATH—EarI of Bective, Headford House, Kelly.
MONAGHAN—John Lentaigne, Esq., Tallaght House,
Tallaght.
QUEEN'S CouNTv—Henry Pierce Pigot, Esq., Ca
pard, Mountmellick. 1)-
Roscommox—Thomas G. Wills, Esq., WillsgTove,
Castlerea.
&leo—Alexander Chrichton, Esq.. Sligo.
TIPPERARY—WiIIiam Ponsonby Barker, Esq., Kit.
• ' cooley Abbey, Johnstown
' TYRONE—James M. Stronge, Esq., Tynan Abbey,
• VYnanfir •
. ITATERFonn—John Palliser, Esq., Carnagh, Kilmae-
tilomas.
WATERFORD ClTY—Samuel King, Esq., Mount-
pleasant, Waterford.
WESTMEATH—Sir Montagu L. Chapman, Bart., Killus
• Castle, Athboy.
WEXFORD—Mathew Ford Beauman, Esq., Hyde
Park, Gorey..
WicgLow—Francis Synge, Esq., Glenmore Castle,
Ashford.

on to remark that during all this period the corrupting
eit the soldiery had never been lost sight of, and accord-
Ingly, after the Nation had published the article entitled
The Morality of War," Mr. Barrett„ on 28th August,
published the article, " The Duty of a Soldier." The two
traversers had the common design of inducing the soldiers,
when called upon to check an outbreak, to decline doing so.
Mr. O'Connell declared in several of his speeches, that
while he lived there should be.no outbreak, but that after
his death he left to others to pursue their own line of
conduct. This was a pretty exposition of his opinion of
the state of the country, and of the danger which would
be the result of the agitation. Mr. O'Connell had
thought fit to put in his address to the people to tell
them he had the authority of the " Tory Lord Chief
Justice for saying that the law had done everything for
the landlord." A more monstrous perversion of the
real facts of the case could not have taken place, because
on the authority alluded to—Delap v. Leonard. the
Chief Justice only alluded to one particular Act as being
in favour of the landlord ; and even there the decision
of the Court was in favour of the tenant. The Learned
Counsel then animadverted on other meetings of the
Repeal Association, but his speech possessed little in-
terest. He had not finished at five o'clock, when the
Court rose, and will consequently resume his address on
Friday morning.

PETER PARLEY'S NEW WORKS.
Our readers will be gratified to learn that the in-
imitable Peter Parley, whose works for the young have
long enjoyed an unprecedented popularity, lately en-
tered into an engagement with Messrs. Darton and
Clark to produte a series of new works, to be published
exclusively by them. The following is Peter Parley's
own letter on the subject
" Gentlemen,—lt is now understood between us that
I am to prepare a series of books, of which you are to
be the publishers. I undertake the task with pleasure,
because it is my wish to be judged in England by what
I do write, and not by what has been written for me. I
have been much vexed, since my arrival in this coun-
try, to see the name of Peter Parley attached to a num-
ber of books which I never saw or heard of, and which
contain much of which I wholly disapprove, and con-
sider to be contrary to good morals.
"It is, therefore, a real satisfaction to me, that my
future works are to make their appearance in England
in a genuine form. I shall not fail to keep in view that
I am now writing for English readers, and I trust I may
thereby render what I write more worthy of the kind
reception which, with all their disadvantages, my pre-
vious works have met with.
" I am, Gentlemen, yours truly,
" S. E. GOODRICH."
Four New Works from the pen of Peter Parley, de-
cidedly the best he has yet written, have been published
by Messrs. Dayton and Clark, in terms of the above en-
gagement. The titles of these charming productions are—
I. Persevere and Prosper; or, The Life of a Sable
Hunter.

2". Cheerful Cherry; or, Make the Best of It.
3-•Wil Bought; or, The Life and Adventures of
Robeit Merry.
4. What to Do and How to Do It; or, Men and
Manner/
To be followed by others.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert still continue in the strictest privacy.

• • The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a meeting
Yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. The
ikitfnissipners‘present were the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop
QC:Lichfield,- the Bishop. of Ripon, the Bishop of Salisbury,
.*arfilthe Dean Of Westminster.

Mr. Walter ilulme had an interview with Lord Stanley at
the Colonial-office yesterday. Mr. Sergeant Jones had also
an interview with his Lordship yesterday.
Wallace- had an interview with the Chancellor of the

The Danish Minister transacted business yesterday at the
Foreign-office.
Sir James Graham had an interview with Sir Robert Peel
yesterday.
Dispatches. from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope,
and also from the Governor of Newfoundland, were received
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
THE EARL OF CARLDILE.—Aceounts were received at his
Lordship's town .residence, ,in Grosvenor-place, yesterday
morning, that.the Noble Earl had passed a quiet night, and
,was slightly better. e.
Pix OF THE MINT.—A meeting of the Privy Council was
-Aida at the office of the ,Comptroller of the Exchequer, in
Whitehall, yesterday morning, for the trial of the Pix of the
Royal Mint.
The Lord Chancellor arrived and took his seat at half-past
10 o'clock. Lord Monteagle, Comptroller of the Exchequer,
accompanied by the Right Honourable W. E. Gladstone,
Master of the Mint, arrived soon afterwards, and presented
to the Noble and Learned Lord the ancient trial plates to
be used on the present occasion.
The Lord Privy Seal, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and the Secretary at War, arrived soon afterwards.
The Jury, which was composed of Members of the Gold-
smiths' Company, were sworn to make the assay of the
moneys of the gold and silver coinage, and truly report if they
were of the proper weight and fineness, according to the
standard for coins.

The Lord Chancellor stated to the Jury that since the last
trial of the pix of the Mint, between March, 1842, and Dec.,
1843, upwards of twelve millions of gold, and near half a
million of silver, had been issued from the Mint. The speci-
mens of these coinages the Jury would examine with the
usual tests, to prove the fineness and weight, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether they corresponded with the
standard. From every 151bs. weight of bullion coined at
the Mint, two pieces were selected from the mass of pieces
coined ; one was given to the Assayer of the Mint, the other
two were put into the pix, which was inclosed in a box, se-
cured by three keys; one key being in the possession of the
Master of the Mint ,one in the possession of the Comptroller of
the Exchequer, and one in the possession of the Assay Master.
This box was not opened until a trial of the coinage had
been ordered by the warrant of the Sovereign.
The specimens in this pix the Jury would compare with
trial plates of gold and silver kept in Westminster Abbey,
under the keys of the Lords of the Treasury and of the
Comptroller of the Exchequer, and would test if they cor-
responded in point of purity with the trial plates.
His Lordship having stated the proper standard of gold
and silver, explained that a certain deviation of gold as to
weight and fineness was allowed to the Master of the Mint,

and —a
deviation was also allowed as to silTe;. Cases of ex-
cess, too, might be set off against deficiency by the Master of
the Mint in his accounts with the Crown ; such, however,
had been the uniform accuracy of the officers of the Mint,
that there was no instance on record in which the allowed
deviation had been exceeded by the Mint. On the last oc-
casion of the trial of the pix there was scarcely any deviation.
The jury, however, were not to rely upon the skill and care
of the officers of the Mint, but must carefully and accurately
discharge their duty.
On the last occasion the Jury had applied, that on any
future occasion the assay, instead of being made in the office
of the Comptroller of the Exchequer, where the accommo-
dation was inconvenient, should be made in Goldsmiths'
Hall; and his Lordship had acceded to that request. Before
commencing operations, therefore, the Jury should cut off a
portion of the trial plates, to take with them to the Hall, and
then return the plates to the proper officcr.
The former Jury had also pointed out that in a case where
the Mint was on its trial, the scales of the Mint should not
be used; his Lordship had, therefore, ordered other scales.
At the conclusion of the Lord Chancellor's address, the
Foreman of the Jury invited his Lordship to dine with the
Goldsmiths' Company at their Hall in the evening. The
Noble and Learned Lord, however, declined the invitation on
account of being extremely indisposed. The Foreman also
invited the Duke of Buccleuch and all theother Privy Coun-
sellors present.
The Lord Chancellor appointed trom five uptil half-past
six o'clock in the House of Lords for the reception of the
Report of the July; but, if beyond the latter hour, his Lord-
ship would receive the report at' his private residence in
George-street.
The Jury, by their Foreman, thanked his Lordship for his
attention and the adoption of their suggestions.
•
Their Lordships then adjourned.