The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-16 00:00:00

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Bate's West Hartley... 20s 6d
Buddle's W. Hartley 21s 6d
Dean's Primrose ...... 18s 6d

Tanfield Moor ..... ... 18s 3d
Townley
West Hartley
Wall's End, &c
Acorn Close
Bell and Brown 2Ol 9d
Gosforth ... . 20s 9d

184

Hetton
Belmont 213 Od
Braddyll's Hetton 223 3d
East Hetton
Haswell 22s 6d
Heaton 22s 6d.
65 arrival

Is—GB sold.

REGISTRATIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
CITY OF LONDON.
(Before Mr. T. Y. ITCHRISTIE.)
ST. BOTOLPH PARISH.
In this parish there were nearly 100 claims ; the
great majority of the names of the claimants ap-
peared in the rate-book for the whole rates made
during the past year, but none of them were placed
upon the lists.
The REVISING BARRISTER thought the case one
which showed great negligence on the part of the
overseers, and he should fine them, therefore, in the
sum of 51.
The Court, having disposed of the claims, proceeded
with the objections, which in this parish were 221
in number.
Joseph Abrahams, 125, Houndsditch, was objected
to on the ground of his being an alen.
The qualification of the defendant having been
proved, _ _

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Mr. Brown asked him whether he was not born in
Germany ?
The defendant said that he was.
Mr. Brown then asked him whether he had been
naturalised.
Mr. Smith—Don't answer that question, sir.
Mr. Brown considered this a most improper inter-
ference on the part of Mr. Smith, and trusted that the
Court would allow the question to be answered.
Mr. Smith said that the party having proved his
qualification, was not then bound to answer any ques-
tion which might even have a tendency of criminat-
ing or disqualifying himself from the exercise of the
franchise. The Court had only to inquire into the
qualification of the person, and could not entertain
any other question.
Mr. Home, one of Mr. Brown's assistants, was
then called, and stated upon oath that the defendant
had informed him that he was born in Germany, and
' that last Tuesday he was again in company with
him, and defendant told him upon that occasion that
he had not been naturalised.
Mr. Brown (to defendant)—ls that true or not ?
Defendant-1 never said anything of the sort.—
(Considerable sensation.)
Mr. Brown then endeavoured to elicit the fact of
the alienship of the defendant from the defendant
himself, but to all the questions put to him, he main-
tained the utmost silence.
The REVISING BARRISTER said that he thought it
was unnecessary to occupy the time of the Court by
further inquiries on the subject. The defendant had
proved his qualification, and if Mr. Brown wished to
prove that the defendant was legally incapacitated he
must produce direct evidence to show that he was so
situated.—. Name retained.

LAMBETH.
(Before J. DEEDS, Esq.)
A Court for the revision of the lists of voters
for the borough of Lambeth was held at the
Sessions•house, Newington, this day. Ibis district
comprises the parishes of Lambeth, Camberwell,
Newington, and the liberties.
The Rev. George Christmas claimed to be admit-
ted, as tenant of Verulam Chapel, in the Kenning-
ton-road, Lambeth, which he rented from the Rev.
E. Weare, the proprietor.
Some objection was raised to the reverend gentle-
man's claim, on the ground of non-occupation and
non-payment of rates.

The BARRISTER said, that a counting-house, a
limekiln, even a cowhouse or stable, was held suffi-
cient to confer a right to vote, and he did not see
why a chapel, which the rev. gentleman rented, should
not entitle him to vote. He would consult the sta-
tute before he decided that the rev. gentleman was or
was not exempted legally from the payment of the
rates by the nature of the tenement out of which he
claimed to vote.

PRINCE OF GONZAGA-MANTUA.
(From the Roman Advertiser.)
In The Sun (London paper) of September 18th, we
find a remarkable letter signed "Alexandre Prince
de Gonzaga-Mantua, Due of Mantua," which we
should insert in these columns if the subject were not
of a nature to raise difficulties. The writer (now
resident in London) gives his history as follows :
He is grandson of Prince Philip Louis of Gonzaga-
Man tua, Prince of Castiglione and Duke of Solferino.
This Prinee was, it appears (though the genealogy is
not clearly explained), together with the Princes of
Gonzaga of Guastalla, a descendant of the reigning
family of Mantua; and the treaties of the last century
enforced that the representatives of the two branches
should be reinstated in their possessions. In
Article V. of the Preliminaries of Vienna (Nov. 18,
1738) it was specified that the Emperor would
render justice to the Duke of Gonzaga of Guastalla
on his rights to the Duchy of Mantua.
During the minority of the writer's grandfather,
Austria took possession of the Duchy of Guastalla, on
the death of its last occupant in 1746. In 1792 the
Castiglione branch addressed reclamations to the
Emperor Leopold IL, who resolved, from a sense of
justice, to restore their possessions, but was prevented
by sudden death. At the treaty of Campo-Formio
(1797) it was declared that the Emperor renounced
all his rights to the possessions of Mantua Castiglione ;
but two years later, Mantua was again tuken posses-
sion of, and became a part of the Cisalpine Republic.
The Duchy of Guastalla was purchased in 1539 by
the Duke Ferranti of Gonzaga, an ancestor of the
writer, and had remained in his family till the incor-
poration of Guastalla by Austria as above mentioned.
That Duchy was afterwards conferred, in spite of
protestations from the family of this writer, upon
Maria Luisa of Parma.

The Roman Advertiser of the 2d of October an-
nounces the arrival of the Prince of G-onzaga in
Rome.

Count Schimmilpenninek, the Netherlands Minister,
accompanied by his son, embarked at Blackwell Pier
this morning, on board the General Steam Navigation
Company's mail steam-ship for Rotterdam.
THE POLISH TRIALS.—We learn from Berlin that
M. Dombrowski, one of the political prisoners, has been
liberated on bail on account of ill-health, and that the
same favour has been shown to Counts Buinski and
Louski, and Colonel Bieskierski.

CONGREGATIONAL UNION.—The annual provincial
meeting of this body has been held during the present
week in York, and has been attended by nearly 400
ministers and delegates. The meetings were held at the
Temperance Hall, Goodramgate, and have been presided
over by the Rev. Dr. Hamilton, of Leeds.
The statue of William 111., at Hull, is about to be
re-gilt.
The Rev. J. Ely, late minister of the East Parade
Chapel, Leeds, was interred yesterday. The venerable
Dr. Raffles performed the funeral service, and delivered
an impressive address, descriptive of the merits of his de-
ceased friend.

R. COBDEN, ESQ., M.P.—The Hon. Member has
not as yet made any public declaration as to his inten-
tions of representing " the county for all England ;" still
in the " League Room" the understanding is, that he will
sit for that important division of the county of York. It
is all but certain that such will be the case.—Leeds Mer-
cury._ _ . _

The Governor of Ennis Gaol has received orders to
hand over to the constabulary, for removal to Spike
Island, all convicts sentenced to transportation for any
period over seven years. Eighteen will be removed from
this gaol on Wednesday, and the remaining convicts in a
few weeks.—Clare Journal.
DEATH Or MR. COTTINGHAM, THE ARCHITECT.—
We regret to announce that Mr. Cottingham, long well
known as an ecclesiastical architect, died on the 13th
instant, at his house in the Waterloo-road, after t 3 long
and panful illwas.—The Buildcr.

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Hudson's Hartlepool 2ls Od
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Reugh Hall
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South Durham 203 9d

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'Tees ......
The Dukes 2l. 6d
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