The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

HOLBORN.

In this extensive division there are 385 licensed houses.
It comprises the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, con-
taining 80; St. George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, 22; St.
Giles-in-the-Fields, 98; St. George, Bloomsbury, 40; the
Liberty of Saffron-hill, llatton-garden, and Ely-rents,
29; the Liberty of the Rolls, 10; the Liberty of the
Duchy, 18; the parish of St. John, Hampstead, 29; and
the parish of Paddington, 37.
Two licenses were refused, and eight others were
suspended until the adjournment day, which was fixed
for the 2lst of March.

Upon the victuallers in the parish of Paddington being
called in,

The HAIRXIN (Mr. J. Whiskin) complimented them
upon the fact of there not being a single complaint
throughout the district for the whole year. It was said
that in tome of the houses what were called " Derby
Sweeps" were held; now he (the Chairman) might, upon
that occasion, say that it was not the intention of the
Bench to take any notice of this circumstance, because
of the existence of Derby clubs they had no official
knowledge; nevertheless, this they had decided upon,
not to grant a renewal of license to any house whim
such " sweeps" were permitted, supposing any complaint
arose out of them. They did not consider such "clubs'
any part of the business of a ♦ictualler; and, if it was
shown in any case that their encouragement led to the
improper conduct of any house, they (the magi►trates)
intended to take care that such a cause should no longer
be tolerated.

Other routine business having been transacted, the
Bench adjourned until the 21st inst.

RECEPTION OF THE EX-ROYAL
FAMILY OF FRANCE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Having read in yours of the 29th ult. the letter
of Mr. Walter Savage Landor respecting the reception
of the ex-Royal Family of France, as also your remark
upon it, viz., that it would be unmanly to visit the sins
of the unprincipled Sovereign upon the " poor, weak,
and despised old man," who comes to us as an humble
suppliant for a place whereon to rest " his grey die-
crowned head," which sentiment really does you
honour, allow me and many others who coincide
in my views to remark that, politically considered, Mr.
Landor after all may not be so far out in his calculations;
for I contend that the manner in which they have been
received in this country is sufficient to call down on our
heads the consuming fury of those who by the late events
have released themselves from the thraldom which
bound them down.
I would be the last man to declaim against the lauding
of the ex-King, still the very act of our Government
having ready a steamer to bring him to this country is
at once to tell the French nation, that although Louis
Philippe for the space of eighteen years has been
ungenerous and ungrateful enough to have done all
which lay in his power to annoy and put to expense and
inconvenience this country; still royalty is so dear to us,
that rather than not have them at all, we prefer London
being made the hotbed for the intrigues and plottings of
those whom we, from past experience, must know
heartily and sincerely despise us. Depend upon it, Sir,
that unless we wish to embroil ourselves in a war with
the French people, the sooner this unfortunate family
leaves us the better. It might be considered generous
on our part; but is it politic?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
C. W.
City, March 2, 1848.

CLONMEL, MARCII 4.—At twelve o'clock to-day,
John Daly, for the attempted assassination of R. U.
Bayly, Esq., and Terence Corboy, for the murder of
Gleason—the two last examples of the Special Commis-
E ion—expiated their offence at the front of Clonmel gaol.
The same troops as those which composed the guard st
the preceding execution were in attendance, under the
command of Sir Charles O'Donnell, commandant of the
garrison. The wretched culprits seemed quite recoil-
ciled to their doom. They advanced to the front of the
drop with trembling steps, and appeared to be exceed-
ingly weak. They had scarcely put their feet upon the
gallows when the bolt was withdrawn, and having re-
ceived an immense fall, their struggles were but of brief
duration. The number of spectators was not as large as
that which attended the other executions, and nut the
slightest sympathy was expressed for their well-merited
and untimely tate. Thero were a few friends of Daly
present with a coffin, and at three o'clock they took
away his remains from this town. Corboy was buried In
the course of the day beside the other murderers, who
sleep within the gloomy precincts of the prison.—/fenagh
Guardian.

River from Guernsey and Jersey respectively, has
brought from the latter island as a portion of her gene-
ral cargo ten casks of preserved oysters. This is a very
singular article of importation, although we think we
recollect a previous arrival of the kind from ono of our
Channel Islands.
NORYII BRITISH RAILWAY COMPANY.--The hay-
yearly meeting of the shareholders of the
.North British
Railway Company was held yesterday in Gibbs's Saloon,
Edinburgh ; John Learmouth, Esq., in the chair. A
highly satisfactory report was read by the secretary,
showing a considerable increase in the traffic, and $
revenue which would have yielded a dividend at the rats
of 6 per cent., had not the directors
. recommended that ,
a portion of it should be set apart as a reserved fund.
Thinking it prudent to take such a course, they now
proposed that the dividend should be five per cent., or
12s. 6d. on the 251. shares, and 2s, 6d. on the 51, shares.
The report ‘vas unanimously adopted, and authority
given to the directors to compel payment of calls. The
question of Sunday trains was then discussed at great
length, but the motion for their discontinuance was lost
ba great majority. Power having been given to the
ard to apply for all new Bills specified in the adver-
tisement convening the meeting, the proceedings ter-
minated.

COST OF COLLECTING THE NATIONAL REVENUE.—•
The amount deducted from the gross reek pts of the re.
venue departments, and not paid into the Exchequer, for
the year ending the sth of January, 1847, including
charges of collection, Superannuation Fund, &c., was
5,904,690/. 17s. 4d. The total annual amount expended
on account of civil services, which never reached the
Exchequer, was 1,099,7471. 143. 2d.; the net amount
paid out of the revenue for charges of collection in the
Customs department, was 1,264,272/. 16s. 9d.; in the
Excise department, 1,585,633/. 6s. Bd.; stamps, 344,7741.
16s. ld. ; stamps (Ireland), 89,530/. 13s. 4d. ; taxes,
476,862/. 12A, 2d.; Post Office, 1,138,745/. 2e. 4d.; Crown
lands, 325,6861. Is. Bd.