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

lIOLBORN.

In this extensive division there are 385 licensed houses.
It comprises the 'wishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, con-
taining 80; St. George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, 22; Sr.
Giles-in-the-Fields, 98; St. George, Bloomsbury, 40; the
Liberty of Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, and Ely-rents,
29; the Liberty of the Rolls, 10; the Liberty of the
Duchy, t 8; 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 21st of March.

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

The CHAIRMAN (Mr. J. Whiskin) complimented them
upon the tact of there not being a single complaint
throughout the district for the whole year. It was said
that in some 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 upne,
not to grant a renewal of license to any house whet©
such "sweeps" were permitted, supposing any complaint
arose out of them. They did not consider such " clubs"
any part of the business of a victualler; and, if it was
shown in any case that their encounigement led to the
improper conduct of any house, they (the magistrates)
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 TfIE EDI TOR OF 7'HE SUN.
SIR,--Having read in yours of the 29th ult. the letter
of Mr. Walter Savage Lander 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 Dian," who comes to us as an humble
suppliant for a place whereon to rest "his grey dis-
crowned head," which sentiment really does yeti
honour, allow me and many others who coincide
in my views to remark that, politically considered, Mr.
Lander 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 landing
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 Londen
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
family
leaves us the better. It might be considered generous
on our part; but is it politic?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
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C. W.
City, March 2, 1848.

CLONMEL, MARCH 4.—At twelve o'clock to-clay,
John Daly, for the attempted assassination of R. U.
Bayly, Esq., and Terence Corboy, for the murder of
Gleeson—the two last examples of the Special Commis-
sion—expiated their offence at the front of Clonmel gaol.
The same troops as those which composed the guard at
the preceding execution were in attendance, under the
command of Sir Charles O'Donnell, commandant of the
garrison. The wretched culprits seemed quite recon-
ciled to their doom. They advanced to the front of the
drop with trembling stops, 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 not the
slightest sympathy was expressed for their well-merited
and untimely fate. There 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.—Nenagh
, Guardian.
PRESERVED OYSTERS.—A vessel arrived in the
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 one of our
Channel Islands.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY COMPANY.—The half-
yearly meeting of the shareholders of the North
sßritish
Railway Company was held yesterday in ?hie h
chit' al "'An'
Edinburgh ; John Learmouth, Esq., n ir,
highly satisfactodreyrhepleoritncwreaassereiand
theby traffic, and a the secretary,
showing a considerable
en which would have yielded a dividend at the rate
reofv6puee
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
112 s. 6d. on the 251. shares, and 2s, 6d. on the 51. shares.
was unanimously
to compel
adopted, and authority
given The report
theo rt
directors
payment of calls. The
question of Sunday trains was then discussed at great
length, but the motion for their discontinuance was lost
by a great majority. Power having been given to the
board to apply for all new Bills specified in the adver-
tisement convening the meeting, the proceedings ter-
minated.

COST Or COLLECTING THE NATIONAL REVRNI3RA=
The amount deducted from the gross receipts 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
5,904,6901. 17s. 4d. The total annual amount expended
on account of civil services, which never reached the
Exchequer, was 1,099,7471. 14s. 2d.; the net amount
paid out of the revenue for charges of collection in the
Customs department, was 1,264,2721. Hs. 9d.; in the
Excise department, 1,585,6331. 6s. Bd.; stamps, 344,7741.
16s. Id. ; stamps (Ireland), 29,530/. 13s. 4d. ; taxes,
476,8621.125. 2d.; Post Office, 1,138,7454 28. 4d.; Crown
lands, 325,6801. ls. Bd.