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London, England, 1848-08-14

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London, England, 1848-08-14

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.

A message from the Lords brought down several Bills
which were read s first time and ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow.

Tho house then adjourned at a quarter past one
o'clock until five. .

The House resumed at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.

Mr. PATTISON i;resetiie-d-aietition from the three
denominations, praying for the abolition of the Regiura
Donitlli. - -

Mr. LUSEIINGTON prosented a petition from the
Health of Towns Association in favour of sanitary
reform.

_
Mr. WOOD presented a petition from five different
orders of Odd Fellows, praying that their societies
might be legalised.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table to
summon the House to attend at the Bar of the house of
Lords to hear the Royal Assent given to several public
and private Bills.
The SPEAKER, on his return, informed the House
the royal assent had been given by commission to several
Bills (for which see Lords' report).
COPPER DUTIES.

Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from ship-
owners, engineers, and others connected with copper,
lead, and tin mines, stating that the copper trade was
never in a more depressed state than at present, and
praying that the Bill for altering the coffee duties might
not be passed into law.
Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver-
pool, complaining of the impoverished condition of the
working classes, of the reported intention of the House
to adjourn on an early day—(Laughter)--and praying
that leave of absence might be given to those Members
who preferred attendingjto their field sports in preference
to attending to their duties in the House of Commons, and
also praying that some remedial measures might be
passed for Ireland.
London, England, 1848-08-14

HANOVER.

A grand fete, in celebration of the German unity,
frontto the
of
the
a taechurches,nhna
being a
was held on the 6th, the Burgher Guard of Hanover
andp theroceedi
• luminated, as well as the principal residences
in the city.
The flanover Gazette publishes the following order
of the day issued to the army :
" Soldiers,—I have to announce to you that his Im-
gngran byd
parade in companies
Im-
perial Highness the Archduke John of Austria has been
elected Vicar-General of the Empire, and that I have
given my assent. The command of the German armies
belongs to the Vicar-General, as it formerly belonged to
the Germanic Diet. As soon as the defence of Ger-
many may require it, I shall order you to join the divi-
sions of the other states of Germany, under the com-
mand of the Vicar-General. The Hanoverians have
in all times fought with devoted valour and fidelity for
the country. They did so in the years of its danger-
-1793 and 1815. They have again done so this year. I
hope you will ever call this to mind; and, full of con-
fidence in you, I am sure that under the command of
the Vicar-General, you will maintain intact the ancient
glory of the Hanoverians.

" ERNEST AUGUSTUS."

HUNGARY.

An important sitting of the Second Chamber of the
Diet took place on the 3d instant. That Assembly
declared in favour of an intimate alliance with the
central power of Germany established at Frankfort.
At the same time it declared that should the Austrian
Government, forgetting its real interests, Oppose any
obstacles to the unity of Germany, it was not to
reckon on any support from Hungary. In the same
sitting the Diet indirectly rescinded the resolution it
had passed, to send troops to reinforce the Austrian
army in Italy. That resolution was based on the
Pragmatic Sanction, which obliged Hungary to
assist Austria in case of war ; but in this sitting the
Diet declared this obligation did not exist.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
From the Assemblee Natioluzl of Paris we extract
the following remarkable paragraph :
London, England, 1848-08-14

PRUSSIA.

News from Berlin up to the 10th has arrived.
The assemblages of the people on the favourite
Linden were as frequent as hitherto, in defiance of
drum, trumpet and incarceration.
The Prince and Princess of PRUSSIA have gone off
on a temporary excursion to Weimar.
According to the official report, the number of
persons attacked with cholera symptoms since the 31st
ult. has not exceeded sixteen. Of these, however,
fourteen have died—an enormous proportion. Up to
the present moment no great apprehensions are mani-
fested, and many of the medical men present are de-
claring the disease to be violent dysentery, and not
Asiatic cholera. People are commencing to be more
careful in their diet, and to indulge less in cucum-
bers, salads, and fruit, which are usually devoured in
large juantities at this season. Fewer yards of white
beer are also engulphed. Red wine, instead of
white, is also recommended. In the hospitals cam-
phorated frictions and every effort to produce perspi-
ration is employed as soon as possible— ice in the
mouth is also made use of.

We give the following anecdote as amusing :
" These are too serious times for occupying papers
with German humour, but an anecdote so perfectly cha-
racteristic of German drollery is related of a patriot at
Coblentz, that it merits repetition. Upon the night of
the homage,' less mysterious, but equally fantastic as
the famous Mahomedan' night of power,' Coblentz was
illuminated. Among other houses, that of a united
German butcher was conspicuous, and attracted crowds.
This poetical slaughterer suspended an immense trans-
parent sausage inscribed Ct•ntral Power,' surmounted
by thirty-eight lesser sausages, bearing the names of all
the German reigning potentates, and underneath, in
large illuminated letters, What the (great) sausage is
among the sausages, the Archduke John is among the
princes.' Whereupon an independent Prussian having
exclaimed, ' Then he must be Hans Wars!' (Jack
Pudding), he had nigh been pulled to pieces by the mob."
The Commander-General of the sth Prussian
Army Corps in Posen, M. BRUNNECK, issued an
order on the Sth inst. that, as nothing had transpired
for some time past which could lead to apprehensions
for the disturbance of the peace of the grand duchy,
the Landewehr Battalion might return home.—liant-
burgh Borsenhalle.
London, England, 1848-08-14

-,ALT MEAT,
Of the cure of the United Kingdom, or of any Foreign Cauntry
whatsoever, equal to 6,000 tierces of Nary Beef, and 12,000 tierces
of ':l'73" Pork (in separate tenders), all to I.e cured in the ensuing
season, their Lordships reserving to themseves the power, when the
tenders are opened, Of contracting either for the whole, er for such
Part thereof °My, as they may deem lit, or of not contracting for
ally part; and also an unlimited power of selection, according to
quality.

Every . Tender, Loth Beef and Pork, to specify where
tbe meat i eats intended to Intended to be cured, and a separate price for each &no-
n:dilation of cure comprised therein.
Three-fourths of the Beef and Pork to he delivered in tierces, and
ene-fourth in barrels, into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept-
lord, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Ilaulbowline, in such proportions
aeshall hereaftei be directed, and within the following periods:—
BEEF Two-thirds 3lst March,
One-third 3lst May 1849
PORK, One-third On or before Cie 31st March
Two-thirds 31st May
said to he paid for by bills payable at sight, but not during the first
period of delivery, for any quantities beyond those specified.
The conditions of the contract may be seen at this office, or by
4PPIYin4 to the Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors
of her Majesty's Customs at Lirnerck, N:elfast, Waterford, and Newry,
*r to the Secretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, or to the
Resident Agent for Transports at Leith.
No tender will be admitted for a less quantity than shall be equal
to 300 tierces of Beef, or to 300 tierces of Pork.
No tender will be receivNl after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
for any nollded•ualess the party attends, or some person on his
behalf, duly authorised in writhe.; and it Is to be expressly under-
stood that the tenders must contain a separate price for the Beef, and
A separate price for the Pork ; and that every tender must also spe-
cify the prices both in figures And words at length, or the tenders
rrlll bo reected.
Every ten ler must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
Isairalty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words
" Tender for salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Victualling," and
Most also he delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a
letter signed by two responsible person's, engaged to become bound
With the person tendering, in a sum equal to 251. per cent. on the
Amount of the contract, for the due performance of the same.

C lIESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
THROUGHOUT TO HOLYHEAD

London to Dublin in Thirteen Hours,

Tke CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY is NOW OPEN
THROUGHOUT, with the exception of about four miles adjoining tke
Menai Straits, for which tke Company have provided properly-ap-
pointed Conveyances, the charge for which is included in the railway
lares.

The Admiralty's and Company's splendid Steam-packets, 678 tons,
370 horses power, run between Holyhead and Kingstown, in con-
junction with the following Trains, performing the passage In about
:four hours.
London, England, 1848-08-14

nonouGit HOP MARKET.

The plantation accounts received to•day not being
very favourable, the mould having appeared to some
extent in parts of Sussex and Kent, the Hop trade has
become firm, at very full prices. The duty is called
195,0001. Sussex pockets, 21 25 to 2/6s; Weald of Kent
ditto, 214 s to 2/ 10; Mid and East Kent ditto, 218 s to
51 53.
London, England, 1848-08-14

AUSTRIA.

Intelligence up to the 8:h has been received from
Vienna.

The Minister of Finance has announced that, in
order to restore the equilibrium of the receipts ant
expenditure of the empire, he must have recourse to
either of the three following measures :-1. To issue
paper money, bearing interest, and having a forced
currency. 2. To issue a further quantity of bank
notes, through the medium of the Bank ; or 3. To
contract a national loan, upon tile security of the state
and ecclesiastical property.
The following is the answer of the Emperor of
Austria to the deputation from the Constituent As-
sembly sent to Innspruck with the address requesting
him to return to Vienna :

"I am delighted at receiving the Deputies of the Con-
stituent Diet. Always anxious for the welfare of my
states, I will accede with pleasure, under actual circum-
stances, to the wishes of the Diet, and will come amongst
you. Notwithstanding the state of my health, which is
not yet quite re-established,l will commence my journey
beck to Vienna towards my faithful Austrians on the
Bth, making the journey by
.short stages, on account of
my health. I receive with satisfaction the expression of
the loyal sentiments of my subjects."
The following official article appears in the Frank-
fort Oberpostamts Zeitung :
" INNSPRUCK, AuG. 7.—Their Majesties the Emperor
and the Empress, as well as the other members of the
Imperial family at present residing here, will leave Inn-
spruck to-morrow (Tuesday), the Bth, on their
teturn to Vienna. In consequence of the health
of the Monarch being still somewhat affected,
and attention and circumspection being requi-
site, his Majesty, with all his suite, will pass
the first night in St. John's (St. Johann, a small
post town about half-way between Innspruck and
Salzburg); the second night in Salzburg; the third
in Lambach ; and the fourth in Linz, so that he will
' reach Vienna by the steamboat on Saturday, the
12th, at noon. His Imperial MAJESTY intends to
take up his residence in the Palace of Schoenbrunn.
The EMPEROR had resolved to return before the depu-
ties of the constituent diet arrived, and had thereby
anticipated the wishes which they were commissioned
to express.
London, England, 1848-08-14

CHELTENHAM.

This Committee entered upon its labours on Satur-
day; Sir W. Clay in the chair. Mr. Edwin James and
Mr. Phinn appeared for Mr. Craven Berkeley, the sitting
Member, and Mr. Russell Gurney, Q.C., and Mr. Me-
rewether for the petitioner, Mr. J. A. Gardner, the
unsuccessful candidate at the late election.
The petition alleges that the sitting Member
was, by his agents, guilty of bribery and treating,
not only at the last election, but at the previous elec-
tion in 1847. At that election Mr. Craven Berke.
ley and Sir Willoughby Jones were the candidates,
but Mr. Berkeley was unsuccessful. On a petition,
however, Sir' Willoughby Jones was unseated, and at
the late election Mr. Berkeley was opposed by the pre-
sent petitioner, Mr. Gardner, who proposed to prove acts
of bribery committed by Mr. Berkeley's agents.
Mr. E. JAMES, on behalf of the sitting Member, took
a preliminary objection to the petitioner being allowed
to go into evidence of treating or bribery committed at
the election of 1847; but the Committee after hearing
the arguments, pro and con., decided the petitioner had
a right to give such evidence.
The return and other formal evidence were then ad-
duced, and the Committee immediately afterwards, with-
out going into the merits of the case, adjourned till
Monday.

HORSHAM.
.The Committee appointed to try the merits of the pe-
tition presented against the return of Mr. Fitzgerald for
the, borough of Horsham, met for the first time on
Saturday; Mr. Bramston in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, with whom was Mr. Power,
appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. M.D. Hill and Mr.
Calvert for the sitting Member.
At the election, in 1847, Mr. Fitzgerald was success-
fully opposed by Mr. Jervis, son of the Attorney-General,
but, upon a petition, Mr. Jervis was unseated, and at the
recent election Mr. Fitzgerald again put up, and suc-
ceeded in obtaining his return. The present petition,
however, alleges that the return was obtained by
bribery and treating, and also alleges that Mr. Fitz-
gerald was not only guilty of bribery and treating at the
the last but at the previous election.
Mr. M. D. firm. took the same objection in this caso
that was taken in the Cheltenham Committee, but it was
overruled by the Committee.—Adjourned.

MONEY ORDERS.—Pallasgreen, in the county of
Limerick, having been constituted a post town, the
post-office there will be opened for the issue and pay-
ment of money orders, on and after the 13th of August.
BRISTOL SUGAR••MARICET, AUGUST 11. About
300 hogsheads of West India hare found buyers this
week at easier rates ; in other descriptions there is very
little doing. The refined market continues firm—
Bristol Mercury.
London, England, 1848-08-14

RUSSIA.

By an imperial ukase, of the 30th July, the levy
of the recruits is to be extended to the eastern half of
the empire, in the average of seven recruits to one
thousand souls.

The St. Petersburgh journal states that the recent
events which have transpired in the Danubian pro-
vinces have obliged his Majesty the EMPEROR tempo
rarily to send thither an army corps for the re
establishment of order, in connexion with that sent
by the Ottoman Porte.
The motives and political considerations that have
induced this step are fully stated by the Imperial
Cabinet, in a dispatch dated July 31, accompanied
by an order to make the same known to the foreign
Government, and to the public of Europe in general.
London, England, 1848-08-14

THE WAR MEDAL.

The following is, we believe, a tolerably accurate state-
ment of the claims to the War yedel which have been
decided upon by by the Board of Getleral Offim.s3_
Officers ... ••• ••• • "• ••• 2,376
Non-commissioned officers and privates 17,927

have been present
Officers ... ••• ..•
a t
Thesea n
a g
aTr claimantseo
gtaa ltecl
oafi
hmanacTutei tosbnena
s decidedp freoivi
oeuponproved o,
9,561
Non• commissioned officers and soldiers 70,389

r
Total actions ... ... ...
... 79,950
nye a d
regiments have participated in
Or an average of more than three actions to each
claimant; but there are several claimants whom, it has
Foot Guards,
been
h someruo
nv edi den
r,
a mws
ee
mnr e present at eight and ten actions each,
and t
man
on
average:— tfoeu ratcetein'
o
at named in the general
from ten to seventeen of the h
32d Foot, 42d Foot, 61st Foot, 71st Foot, 94th Foot, and
In Ten Actions—Coldstream Guards, 3d
Ist Light Battalion King's German Legion.
In Eleven Actions--Ist Foot, 9th Foot, 20th Foot,
28th Foot, 31st Foot, 48th Foot, 50th Foot, and 83d Foot.
In Twelve Actions-2d Foot, 27th Foot, 38th Foot,
88th Foot, and Royal Staff Corps.
In Thirteen Actions-23d Foot and 36th Foot.
In Fourteen Actions-7th Foot and 45th Foot.
In Fifteen Actions-sth Foot, 43d Foot, and 52d Foot.
In Sixteen Actions-40th Foot.
In Seventeen Actions-95th Rifles, part of the regi-
ment being at Talavera, with battalion detachments.
In Eighteen Actions—The 60th had eight battalions.
When Sir John Moore's army marched into Spain,
men of regiments belonging to that army who remained
in Portugal were formed into two battalions, called Ist
and 2d battalion detachments; these two battalions were
at Talavera, and of course the men who belonged to
these battalions had a claim for that action.—United
Service Gazette.

of France. A quantity of
TnE ORLEANS FAMILY.—Some arrivals have re-
cently taken place from France of private property and
effects of the ex-royal family
saddlery arrived by
a steamer from Boulogneex-Queenand
a f3e7n r
daysg
since for the ex-King of the French, and there have also
bbreaennehoetshoefr
thaerrfiavraslisly,fowr
patched to Claremont in due course.
London, England, 1848-08-14

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 7th have arrived.
The Madrid Gazette publishes the names of 132
Carlist officers who, after accepting the amnesty and
swearing fidelity to the QUEEN, had joined the in-
surgent bands, the object of the publication being to
brand them with infamy. It is not true, it appears,
that one of the regiments at La Granja had had to be
removed on account of want of discipline ; but it is
stated that great discontent 'existed among the men,
owing to the irregularity with which they are paid.
The examination into the accounts of the Bank of
San Fernando had, it was said, led to the discovery
of several gross irregularities. It continues to be
believed that M. MoN would accept the Ministry of
Finance, though it was stated that he was reluctant
to do so.
Three per Cents., 19i ; Five per Cents., 11. Ex-
change on London, 45 paper.
London, England, 1848-08-14

PRUSSIA.

News from Berlin up to the 10th has arrived.
The assemblages of the people on the favourite
Linden were as frequent as hitherto, in defiance of
drum, trumpet and incarceration.
The Prince and Princess of PRussi.► have gone off
on a temporary excursion to Weimar.
According to the official report, the number of
persons attacked with cholera symptoms since the 31st
ult. has not exceeded sixteen. Of these, however,
fourteen have died—an enormous proportion.. Up to
the present moment no great apprehensions are mani-
fested, and many of the medical men present are de-
claring the disease to be violent dysentery, and not
Asiatic cholera. People are commencing to be more
careful in their diet, and to indulge less in cucum-
bers, salads, and fruit, which are usually devoured in
large quantities at this season. Fewer yards of white
beer are also engulphed. Red wine, instead of
white, is also recommended. In the hospitals cam-
phorated frictions and every effort to produce perspi-
ration is employed as soon as possible—ice in the
mouth is also made use of.

We give the following anecdote as amusing :
" These are too serious times for occupying papers
with German humour, but an anecdote so perfectly cha-
racteristic of German drollery is related of a patriot at
Coblents, that it merits repetition. Upon the night of
the homage,' less mysterious, but equally fantastic as
the famous Mahomedan night of power,' Coblents was
illuminated. Among other houses, that of a united
German butcher was conspicuous, and attracted crowds.
This poetical slaughterer suspended an immense trans-
parent sausage inscribed ' Central Power,' surmounted
by thirtyeight lesser sausages, bearing the names of all
the German reigning potentates, and underneath, in
large illuminated letters, What the (great) sausage is
among the sausages, the Archduke John is among the
princes.' Whereupon an independent Prussian having
exclaimed, Then he must be Hints Wurst' (Jack
Pudding), he had nigh been pulled to pieces by the mob."
The Commander-General of the sth Prussian
Army Corps in Posen, M. BRUNNECIt, issued an
order on the Bth inst. that, as nothing had transpired
for some time past which could lead to apprehensions
for the disturbance of the peace of the grand duchy,
the Landewehr Battalion might return home.—Ham-
burgh Borsenhalle.
London, England, 1848-02-25

, MS.
,

PEEBLES ELECTION COMMITTEE.

Lord R, GROSVENOR brought up the report of
the Select Committee to whom the petition complain •
ing of an undue election for the county of Peehlts
had been referred, stating that the Committee had
decided that Mr. Forbes Mackenzie had been duly
elected to serve in Parliament for that county.
London, England, 1848-02-25

ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR

OF POST.

Orders received by all Newsmen, and a the Sun-qffice,

112, Strand.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We have no means of obtaining the information required
by our correspondent " Trouble."

WEATHEa.—SITN OFFICE, FEB. 25.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 50 ; Noon, 50.
liAnomwrzn, 29.1.—W1ND S.S.W. ; showery.

WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
morning.. 39 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 55 minutes after 5
London, England, 1848-02-25

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. AI. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street,
Portland-place.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed Shatspere's Tragedy of OTIIELLO. Othello,
Mr. Macready ; Desdemona, Mrs. Butler.
To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD
FATHER. TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.
London, England, 1848-02-25

STRAND THEATRE.
NEW MANAGEMENT,
Under the Sole Direction of Mr. Osberry.
Immense success of Lucy of Lammermoor.
THIS EVENING,

The performances will commence with an interesting Drama,
called THE PROFLIGATE. Principal characters by Messrs. Ox-
berry, Laws, Rogerson, Miss Love, and Miss Eliza Terry.
To be followed by a New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the
Author of the " Adelphl Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER
MOOR. Not with Mr. Bunn's or M. Jullien's, but with Oxlserry's
powerful cast—Lucy, Miss E. Terry ; Captain Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ;
and Edgar, Mr. Yarcold.
After which a new Ballet, entitled TIIE LIGHT OF THE HA-
REM. Prince Selim, Miss Jame Coleman; Azula, Mcßle. Louise
Blanche.

To conclude with THE DENOUNCER; or, THE SEVEN
CLERKS OF MARSEILLES. Principal characters by Mr. E.
Laws Messrs. Oxberry, Yarnold, Rogerson, Montague, and Miss
Love.
Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half-
price to Pit and Boxes at a Quarter before Nine.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Grand Combination of ATTRACTIONS at ASTLEY'S, which con.

.......
Banes its chain of Magnificent Entertainments.
THIS EVENING,
The New Georgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE
AMAZONS, in which Mr. W. West will make his first appearance
this -eason. _ . .

t:ntirCiy new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Articles 01
11,0 Esta,dishment, in the various modes of equestration, and in•
troducing Mr. Batty's highly trained steed, The Gem of the World,
Concluding with a favourite Afterpiece.
Box-office open from II till, 5.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.
London, England, 1848-02-25

DERBY.

16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—take 18 to 1
30 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault
30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley'a Besborough—taken
1,000 to 26 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—t and offered
40 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Fern—take 50 to 1
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Whitstone taken to
501., and afterwards offered

50 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Darlington
The two leaing favourites were net mentioned, and
of those quoted The Stinger alone was backed for any
money. Offers to take 50 to 1 about Fern, and 1,000 to
15 about Darlington.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Hope—taken

THE LATE FIGHT.—The stakes have been returned
to the backers of each man, and bets, in consequence,
are void.

[ADVERTISIMENT.]
HOOTON STEEPLECHASES

Over the Stourton Ground, four miles from Liverpool),
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1848.

STEWARDS—John Massey Stanley, Esq., and Charles
Stanley, Esq.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 sovs. ft,
with 100 added; for all horses; about four miles over
the Stourton Steeplechase country; the ground to be
shown to the riders on the morning of the race, by
the stewards, or those whom they appoint; the
entry to be made with Mr. William Lynn, Waterloo
Hotel, Liverpool, or Mr. Willoughby, Birkenhead
Hotel, on or before Tuesday, the 29th of February,
by twelve o'clock in the evening; to be handicapped
by Mr. E. W. Topham, of Chester, and weights pub-
lished on Wednesday evening, the Ist of March (the
day of the Liverpool Steeplechase), by ten o'clock.
(10 Subs., and 6 to start, or the 100 sovs. will not be
added.) The winner to pay 20 sovs. towards the ex-
penses of the ground.
The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 sovs. added;
for horses bona fide hunted during the present season
(1847 and 1848) with the Hooton Pack, Cheshire or
Sir Watkin Wynn's fox hounds, or Lord Sefton's
harriers; four yrs old, lOst 91b; five yrs old, llst 61b;
six or aged, 12st; over the same country as the first
steeplechase; horses ridden by their owners, and by
whom they had been ridden generally during the
season, allowed 71b; if entered to be sold for 100 soya.,
allowed 41b; if for 70 sovs., 71b; if for 50 soya., 101 b;
and if for 30 sovs., 14lb; to close and name as for first
race. The winner to pay 5 sovs. towards the expenses
of the course.

ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
The Cup.
Mr. Bowles's Boniveen boat Mr. Parkinson's Syringe.
Mr. Etwall's Elf (late Sprito) beat Mr. Gordon's
Cockfigister.
Mr. W. Etwall's Wanota boat Mr. Stone's Cannon Ball.
Mr. Morant's Minstrel beat Mr. James's Betty.
The Claret Stakes.
Mr. Goddard's Gretna beat Mr. Morrant's Mischief.
Mr. Etwall's y and w dog beat Mr. Bowie's Broadcaste.
Mr. Stone's Claret beat Mr. Lawrence's Rachet.
Mr.Gordou's Camlet beat Mr. Parkinson's Smuggler Bill.
London, England, 1848-02-25

INCOME-TAX.

Mr. Sheriff Hill appeared at the Bar of the House,
and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common Council against the Go-
vernment proposal for increasing the income-tax.
Sir H. IVILLOUGHBY wished to know from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the loan of eight mil-
lions of stock having produced in 1847 the sum of
7,963,5741., whether any and what portion of such
money was in the Exchequer, or was in the Ex-
chequer on the Ist day of January, 1848 ; and
whether there was any objection to place on
the table of the House an account of
the expenditure of the said loan ; also,
whether the 420,000/. of the China money de•
tained at the Cape, might be taken as deduction
from the 1,100,000/. expended in corrying on the
Kafir war.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
stated that the whole amount received as the produce
of the loan, had been caraied to the Consolidated
Fund. Last year he stated that the advances
to Ireland had been about 10,000,0001. Up
to the present time he found that a sum
of about 9,000,000/. had been advauced in the way
of loan or grant to Ireland. A balance of 1,000,0001.
waft, therefore, suitable for other Irish purposes.
With respect to the latter part of the question he
found that the advances from the Commissariat chest
had been so heavy that he had not as yet been
able to draw any thing from it. If the vote he
ehould propose to-night would be granted he
would then be able to draw on the Commissariat for
the amount of the China money, which could be made
available for the purposes of this year.
In answer to a question put by Col. CONOLLY,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
stated that the amount of loans made to Ireland was
4,450,0001., and that the grants amounted to
4,270,000/.
In answer to a question put by Mr. E. DEN•
NISON,
The RIGHT HON. BARONET said that the
1,000,0001. remaining in hand would be available for
carrying out the provisions of several Bills passed last
session for the purpose of granting loans for the im-
provement of land, and for the settlement of some
stlil outstanding accounts in the Commisseriat De-
partment.
INSURRECTION IN PARIS.
Mr. M. MILNES wished to know if the Noble
Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs would have
any objection to state to the House the nature of the
latest information which he had received respecting
the political state of Paris.
Lord PALMERSTON said, amid profound silence,
the latest intelligence which I have received from
Paris, is dated half-past 6 o'clock on the evening be-
fore last—(Laughter.) :These despatches inform me of
the retirement of M. Guizot, and that M.Mole had been
appointed to form a new Government, later than that
I have no official information.— (Laughter.)
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER for the House going into Committee
of Supply for the purpose of taking a vote of
London, England, 1848-02-25

ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE WEST.

The Inhabitants of this parish met yesterday in the
inquest-room adjoining the church.
Mr. Churchwarden Batchelor occupied the chair, and
nearly the whole of the leading inhabitants of the parish
wero present.
The proceedings having been opened,
Mr. buNN (the past churchwarden) moved the first
resolution—

" That the meeting viewed with the deepest indigna-
tion, and utmost surprise, the announced intention of the
Government to increase the income-tax, and pledged
themselves to oppose the impost by every means in
their power."
Which was sec•nded by Mr. T. P. AUSTIN in a few
pertinent remarks.
Mr. BurrEulvon-rn moved the second resolution, to
the effect that—

" The Legislature being solemnly pledged to the re-
mission of the income-tax in three, or at the most five
years, the present meeting now called for an entire re-
moval of the offensive impost."
Mr. WATSON seconded the resolution, which was also
supported by Mr. Hyde, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Everett.
Mr. WELLS spoke in favour of the existing tax, and
objected altogether to a proposition made by Mr. Hyde
to increase the land-tax. He thought, at so early a
period after a repeal of the corn-laws had been carried,
that no additional burden should be placed upon the
landed interest.

The resolution having been put, was carried with
only two dissentients.
Mr. PEDLen moved, and Mr. HYDE seconded, the
third resolution, to the effect that a petition embodying
the sentiments contained in the preceding resolutions
should be adopted by the meeting.
This resolution having been carried unanimously,
Mr. SEELEY made the occasion of the meeting the
theme of a stout protection speech, which met with some
opposition.
A petition, echoing the resolutions, but recommending
also a revisal of the present Customs duties, was
adopted, and
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the pro-
ceedings terminated.
London, England, 1848-02-25

DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH
RAILWAX.
CALL OF 11. 10s. I'EItIIARE.
Notice is hereby given, that a Call of It. 10s. per share has been
made on the several shareholders in the Direct London and Ports-
mouth Railway Company, and that such Call has been and is ap-
pointed to be paid on the F.rst day of Jul* next, at either of the
tmdeomentioned banking-houses, viz., at Messrs. Denison, Heywood,
and Co., 4, Lombard-street, or at the London Joint-Stock Bank,
Princes-street, City.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WILKINSON', Chairman,
R. S. YOUNG, Secretary.
Company's Oakes, London-bridge Railway Station,
Tooley-street, Feb. 25,1848.

I[ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the
Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take
++ :co on THURSDAY next, March 2, when will be performed Ros-
y 7s celebrated Opera,
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIULIA.
Rbssini, Mille. Sofia Cruvelli ; Il Conte d'Aliniviva, Signor Gar-
enni ; Pusl:io, Signor Boddie ; Bartolo,_ Signor F. Lablache ; and
iiigaro, Signor Belletti.
After which will be presented
Au entirely New and Origual
GRAND BALLET,
In Four Tableaux, by
RI M. PTAaul Taglioni, entitled
FIO,
et la Rein° des Elfrides,

The Music compozed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new)
Iry Air, C. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the
Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superin-
truth:nee of Madame Copere.
Principal parts by
Mdlle. CAROLINA 1103ATI,
itidlles. Esther 2,usundon, Thevenot. Julienne, Lamoureux, and
Mdlle. MARIE T.AGLIO.NI, &c. &c.
Principal Dances.
1. Tableau.
La Cour d'Auberge en Sidle
La Fiancee—Mdlle. Rosati, and 3[diles. Julienne and
Lamoureux, &c.
La Palermitana—Mdlle Rosati.
2. Tableau.
La FOret des Llfrides,

itA4fitbile et Pas de la Henn des Elfri,le3-3ldlle. Marie Tagli o ni,

and Mdlle. Ausundon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet.
D nise Nationale—Corps de Benet.
Pas—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, Mdlles. Julienne and Lamoureux.

3. Tableau.
La Cabana de klertha.

d'Or, and Dames de

Ballet.
4. Tableau.
Les Jardius Enchantes.
L'Animation-31dlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet.
L'Onbli—Mdlle. Marie Tagßoni and N. d'Or, :Mlles Thevenot,
Ausuudon, Julienne. Lamoureux, and Dames de Ballet.
La Chatiment—Scene Finale.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box•
office of the Theatre.
The doors will be opened at Seven, and the performance coin.
mence at Half-past Seven.

TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVE SING, February 26, will be presented
VERDI'S ADMIRED OPERA OF
ERNA NI.

Carlo V••..• • • • • • •
••• Signor GARDONI, his first appearance this•

season.
rtuy Gomez de Silva.• Signor BELLETTI, his first appearance.
Ernani ...• • • • • • • •
.oignor CUZZANI, his first appearance ; and
Elvira .. • • • • • SOFIA CRUYELLI.

To conclude with the highly successful Ballet, In Four Tableaux;
entitled

et la Reine des Elft:des,

Applications for Poxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
Lax-office of the Theatre.
London, England, 1848-02-25

NOTICE.
VOL. XII. of the LIVES of the QUEENS
OF ENGLAND,
By AGNES STRICK.LAND,
COMPLETING THE WORK,
111111 be published with the 11 &guinea on the Ist of March, •mbol-
kited with a portrait of the Authoress, and other Illustrations.
Thos• who desire to obtain eopioe on the day of publication, are
roqueoted, t• giro tkoir orders immediately to their respoottro Book-
Winn.

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London, England, 1848-02-25

LANCASTER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The Committee, after an hour's deliberation, came to
the resolution that they would report the conduct of the
witness to the House, and in the mean time they di-
rected him to be committed to the custody of the Ser-
geant- at-Arms. _

The witness having accordingly been removed in cus-
tody, the evidence was proceeded with.

Mrs. Blaco, the keeper of the inn at Heysham,
proved that the suppers given to the freemen were
ordered by Mr. Elland, who appeared to be a friend of
Mr. Gregson. Both Mr. Gregson and Mr. Wyse were
present during the proceedings at the supper.
The Committee adjourned at four till eleven o'clock
to-morrow.
London, England, 1848-02-25

PEEBLES-SIIIRE.

The P.•ebles-shire Election Committee re-assembled at
the usual hour yesterday morning; Lord Robert Grosvenor
in the chair.

The arguments relative to the admissability of the
evidence of a witness whose vote was contended to bo
bad, in the absence of any proof that the vote had been ob-
jected to in the Sheriff's Registration Court, was resumed
this morning, and occupied the attention of the Com-
mittee until past one o'clock.
Eventually the room was cleared, and the Committee
having ddibera;e:l for some time, strangers were re-
admitted, when,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were
unanimously of opinion that as the votes the petitioners
wished to scrutinise were not objected to in the Sheriff's
Registration Court of 1846, the Committee had no power
to inquire into their validity.
Mr. ANDREWS said, under these circumstances he
was not in a position to proceed with the case, as none
of the votes the petitioners complained of were ob-
jected to in the Registration Court.
The Committee then agreed to a resolution, declar-
ing Mr. Forbes Mackenzie to have been duly elected,
and their labours terminated.

KINSALE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.):
The remainder' of the day was occupied with Mr.
Merewether's summing up for the sitting Member.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-
morrow.
London, England, 1848-02-25

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
lln the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed Goldsmith's Comedy of SIIE STOOPS TO
CONQUER. Characters by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, 11. Farren,
Brindal; Mrs. Glover, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs.
Nisbc:t.

Ailcr which, the celebrated Drama of OLD PARR.
To conclude with the Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH,
Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keel.:,y ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs,
Keeley.
Sta;e Manager, Mr. Fatten; Acting Afana,ger, Mr. F. Web;ter.
J. T. Sher, Lox-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Sayen,

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction o: Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF
Till; OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire,
Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss
Eller. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste.
To be followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA-
TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal
Characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma-
ernes Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE-
GACY". Turnem Green. Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ;
Linty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford; Chubblock, Mr. Culleuford ;
Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar.

Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is.

I,iors open at hall-past Six, l'erfoimance to commence at Seven.
London, England, 1848-02-25

BIRTIIB.

On the 21st inst., at Richmond, Mrs. William Chapman,
of a smi.

On the 21st inst., at Chapel-street, Be!grave-square, the
wife of James Whigham, Esq., of a son.
On the 21st inst., at the Rectory, Runnlngton, Somerset,
the wife of the Rev. Edward Alexander Webber, of a eon
and heir.

On the 21st inst., at the Bear-garden, Southwark, the
wife of Mr. Andrew Clark, jun., of a son.

MARRIED.

On the 2:d inst., at 41,liedto;e-Equare, Fanny, second
daughter of Phincas Nathan, Del., to Raphael J. de Cordova,
Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica.

DIED.
On the 17th inst., in the Royal Crescent, Bath, Ann,
widow of Major Charles Stuart of the Bengal Army, aged 79.
On the 18th inst., in St. Margaret's-street, Canterbury,
Mary Sophia, relict of Lieutenant-Colonel John James, R.M.
Oa the 20th init., at Henley-upon-Thames, Henry Na-
thaniel Byles, Esq., aged 67.

Prinlrd and ThibliF?l,lo. he lAITTRI)(1 Y 0 177.`T(.1 It
112, Sti-and, Priatur, at : lie 614/4 t)
Strand, iu the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
Middlesex, Friday, February-23, 1848.

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ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented ABD-EL-KADER.
To be followed by the CROSS-110W LETTER ; or, the Miller of
.NN hetstone. Kate Carrawny, 31138 Vincent
To conclude with ADMIRAL SAM.
Ttoxes, is. ; rit, lid. ; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price to any part
of the house.

1)oor3 open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six.

• - EXECUTION. —James Skeahan and James Quane,
convicted at the late special commission for Limerick
of the murder of Mr. Ralph Bill, suffered the extreme
penalty of the law on Tuesday in the front of the county
6.t01. An immense multitude of spectators
werec present.
TRANSMISSION OF BOOKS BY POST
We understand that many book parcels. AhliairTeMN
been
charged as letters in consequence of the
public of the regulations of the Treasury. The mistakes
consist chiefly of paying the postage in money instead
of stamps, and of printing on the envelope the
name of
the bookseller, which, though allowed in newspapers, is
furbidden as regards books.
CAEN STONE, ITS QUARRIES AND ITS QUALITIES.
The stones from the quarries at Ranville, says Mr.
Freeman, has been used to a great extent in the public
works at Honfleur, Havre, Fecamp, St. Vallery, Dieppe,
and Trepor,t,also in the works at the mouth of the river
at Caen. -The hard, or dog bed, is considered very
durable; about 70 tons of this stone, with a few blocks
of the white bed (which is of softer quality), have
lately been lando.l at Dover for the Government works,
under the direction of Messrs. Walker and Burgess, and
a further quantity of about 1,000 tons is in course of
delivery. The quanies at Adernagne do not appear to
have been worked to any extent until about the year
ISOB ; the stone formerly sent to this country is known
to have been much laminated, and of a harder texture.
A stone calk d colombelle was formerly shipped in con-
siclerabl2 quantities ; it is considered very durable, and
the blocks, on I. clot; sounded ring like copper.—Builder.
WINDSOR, TUURSDAY, FED. 24. —The seventy-
fre,iult,hb,i,retlzisay of bis Royal Highness the Duke of
('-',,a41-ry"tiotna celebrated here to-day with the custo
the joy bells,,i3otTiKeclf, the almost continual ringing of
the firing of royal salutes
Cattle and at the parish church,
by the Corporation ordnance
in the Bachelors' Acre'uatensd also at the Belvidere Battery
between The Southarntoiad and Virginia Water.
Many of the principal tradesmen illuminated their
ht,u:es in,honour of the day.
The strike in the iron trade is approaching to a
termination, terminafini, as such rnsur
the return of the workmen to their e a usually do, in
serious suffering at tho reduction of employment after
wages proposed by
their maste rs..-2Caledonian Mercury.
London, England, 1848-02-25

The Observer of Sunday will glee the latest news
in detail from Paris. Price of the Observer, forty
columns, Gd. The extensive publication of the Observer
commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Mon-
day's edition, with that day's markets, best for readers
in the country and abroad, is published at 170, Strand,
at four o'clock, every Monday afternoon.
THE LINENDRAPERS', SILKMERCERS', LACEMEN'S,
HABERDASHERS', AND HOSIERS' INSTITUTION.—The
17th anniversary festival of this charity took place last
evening at the London Tavern. On the occasion not
less'than 250 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Lord R.
Grosvenor presided. and with his usual urbanity com-
plimented the directors of the institution upon the econo-
mical manner in which they had administered its funds.
The amount distributed during the past year was double
that which had been given in any former year, and yet
the c:spemliture had not equalled the receipts. The
Noble Lord made a happy allusion to the contrast
which this state of things presented to the financial
position of the country and the proposed increase of the
income. tax. From the report of the past year it appears
that the capital stock of the company now consists of
20,1711. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, and
10,0001. Three-and-a-hlalf per Cent. Annuities. The
relief afforded by the charity during the past year was
1,064/., out of which 55 applicants received temporary
relief. Last evening subscriptions were announced to
the amount of 2,2001., being a larger sum than has ever
been collected for the institution except on one occasion.
Notwithstanding the number of the company present,
the dinner went off in the most pleasant manner. The
arrangements connected with it were excellent, the vocal
entertainments being under the direction of Mr. Lloyd,
and Mr, Harker officiating as toastmaster.