The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-11 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Parliament of Palermo has voted to the new
King a civil list of 243,030 ducats per annum, be-
sides the possession of the two royal palaces in that
city and in Messina, and the two villas called the
Favorita and the Ficuzza, in Palermo. A sum of
300,000 ducats has been voted for the furniture, &c.,
of the two palaces. E.uggiero Settimo is loaded with
honours ; he has been created a senator for life, de
jure, and elected President of the Chamber of Sena-
tors. lie has also been appointed Lieutenant-
General of the national army, as a special mark of
favour.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, August 10.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
GIIESLIN V. EGERTON..
This was an action brought to recover the sum of
81. 2s. for work and labour done, money paid and laid
out by plaintiff; and on an account stated. The demand
was for advertisements inserted in the Satirist news.
paper. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
On the part of the plaintiff, the Somerset-house certi-
ficate of the plaintiff's proprietorship of the Satirist
newspaper was put in, as also orders in the
handwriting for the insertion of the advertise-
ments. Some letters were also produced in which the
defendant said he intended to take the benefit of the
Insolvent Act, and he was anxious to prevent plaintiff
putting himself to unnecessary expense in continuing
the action ; to this the plaintiff's attorney replied that
" if it was the intention of the defendant to take the
benefit of the Act, the action would be proceeded with,
but it he merely wished for time it would be granted on
his giving a judge's order." The defendant closed the
correspondence with the following note:—" Burton's
Hotel, Whitecross-street Prison.—l beg to say I cannot
give an undue preference."
The file of the Satirist was produced, and it appeared
that the name on them was " E.," and not " J. Egerton,
manufacturer of daguerreotype materials, &c., Temple-
street, Whitefriars," but defendant had repeated the
order for insertion without complaining of the orror,
which, it was contended by the plaintiff, was in the ori-
ginal copy.
Counsel appeared to object to the cause being tried,
on the ground that the record only directed the trial of
the issue, when, in fact, there were three counts, and,
consequently, three issues. The Under-Sheriff having
decided that he could not inquire into any informality in
the record, the Learned Counsel said he had no defence
to offer.

The jury thereupon gave a verdict for the amount
claimed.
The other came Were undefended.

RAILWAY COMMITTEE.
(YESTERDAY.)
HOUSE OF LORDS.
LORD SHAFTESBURY'S COMMITTEE.—.EXE-
TER AND EXMOUTH ACTS AMENDMENT. - Preamble
passed, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be re-
ported.

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ELECTION COMMITTEES.

DUBLIN.
At the sitting of the Committee yesterday morning,
Mr. MURPHY stated that, as the Committee had de-
cided that the non-payment of the Dublin pipe water-
rate did not disqualify a voter from exercising the fran-
chise, it was his duty to announce that the objections
to the validity of Mr. Reynolds' majority were ex-
hausted; and the petitioners therefore proposed to
abandon the scrutiny, and proceed with the alle-
gations relating to the non-qualification of the sitting
Member. They were not; however.; prepared with the
evidence to prove those allegations, and ho had been
requested by them to solicit the Committee to adjourn
for a few days to enable them to get up the non-quali-
fication case.

The application was ultimately acceded to, and the
Committee adjourned till next Tuesday.

GENERAL COMMITTEE.

The General Committees of Elections mot yesterday
afternoon (Mr. Fox Maule in the chair), and struck the
Committees to try the merits of the petitions in the
two following cases:--
CHELTENHAM._ _ _ _

This Committee will consist of Mr. Samuel Ogle,
Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Thicknesse, Captain Harris, and Sir
William Clay, chairman.
HORSHAM.

This Committee will consist of the following Mem.
bens:—The lion. Henry Curry, Dr. Bowring, Mr.
Monsell, Mr. Bunbury, and Mr. Bramston, chairman.

HOW TO CREATE A VACANCY IN A CROWD.—An
American lately bet a considerable sum that he would
gala access to an over-crowded public room, which
several of his friends had endeavoured to enter in
vain. Having approached the entrance of the door,
he thrust his long neck over the spectators, and said
hysterically, "Is there a doctor—a surgeon here ? "
instantly five heads were seen in motion, five hats were
elevated above the crowd, and five M.D.'s grew red in
the lace as they struggled to get the precedence
on their way to the door. " What has happened?"
inquired the foremost. " Oh, Sir, a terrible casualty
has occurred at the South-gate !—a man, in stepping
down from an omnibus, has put out his leg !" Down
bounced the doctors, and a lively race commenced overtho
flags towards the South-gate. Our hero slid at once
into the opening, and, elbowing his way cautiously
through the crowd, he soon reached a very desirable po-
sition. Presently came tearing up the stairs the five in-
furiated M.D.'s. " W-w-where'a the fellow that sent us
down?" stuttered the tallest one, peering savagely in at
the door. " Here, you, sir," said he, catching the man's
?Ye, ` t-t-there's no accident at the South-gate, sir.
There's no accident at all, sir! S-s-sir, you're a cheat, sir.
There's no man ;there, sir: nothing of the kind, sir!"
P_crhaps," was the mild reply, "he walked away."-
W-w-w-wbat sir walked away with a broken leg!—a
man walk with a broken leg! That's likely!" "But,
my
.Christian friend " interposedll the wag, " who said
anything about a bro'k.en eg? merely. remarked that
a.gentleman, in Ste
his leg. Now,
will you
m an omnibus, had put out
ste bef so good as to inform. me how
the d-1 a man can
out his leg ?" The soups orfo.ilsm: an omnibus. without putting
sculapius were silenced.
THE MINING Thiszarersthoo} L. ANARI.LSDIRE.—We
regret to be inforasd that mining districts of this
caunty aro in a very disturbed state, in consequence of
the agitation whiai has been kept for some time Fast
by the mining population,
with t
view to
an advance of
their present rate of remuneratione
• ring the last
question
week large meetings of colliers have
been
seld
sin the
has been
principal districts, at which the wages gestru
discussed, and on account of the einpionye i h
little or no disposition to
come to terms with th
strong disaffection prevails. The demand of the men,
workers
is, to have Is. 6d. per day in advancell theireoaoefants they present
rate rate (which is 2s. 6d.): and from all
resolved to gain this increase, which they allege the
masters are perfectly able to give, with a very little ad-
dition to the market price of coal end iron. We under-
stand that the Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry are under
arms, and stationed in troop in Holytown, Bellshill, &c.
Their appearance amongst the colliers has rather. in-
creased than lessened the excitement. A collision be-
tween the yeomanry and the people occurred near Holy-
town yesterday, but did not turn out so serious as was
Itt first reported.—Glasgow Saturday Post.