The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-26 00:00:00

IN THIS MATTER OF THE PRINCESS 131.11IATINSKI,

This case came before the Court upon petition praying that
certain jewellery belonging to the Princess, which was- now
deposited in the Bank of England in the name of the Ac-
countant-General of the Court of Chancery, might be re-
moved to the office of Mr. Commissioner Barlow, for the
convenience of inspection, in order to have a value put upon
them by competent judges previous to their sale, if such sale
should be approved of by the officer of the Court.
His LonDsmr, after a short discussion, made the order.

VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY).
His ABefore the VICE CHANCELLOR cf ENGLAND.)
oNourt took motions and cause petitions to-day, none
of which possessed any feature of interest.

MERCHANTS' AND TRADERS' ASSOCIATION, FOR THE
PROSECUTION OF SWINDLERS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, FOR *THE PRO-
TECTION OF TRADE, 101, WOOD-STREET, CREAPSIDE.—A large par ty
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of influential gentlemen, Members of this Association, dined together
at the London Tavern yesterday. Sir James Duke, M.P., the Pre-
sident of the Society, was in the chair. Several excellent addresses
which the subscribers derived from the working of the Associa-
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the evening appeared to be highly satisfactory to the members, and
there was some excellent singing by Mr. Taylor and his party. The
company separated about eleven o'clock.
FANCY FAIR UNDER THE RIVER THAMES.—On Mon-
day, and every day since, these has been the novel and interesting
scene of a fancy fair in the Thames Tunnel, to commemorate the
third anniversar of the opening of this wonderful thoroughfare. On
the first day no less than 12,994 persons visited the fair, being 5,000
more than on the first day of last year's fair. The booths and other
attractions exhibit taste and spirit on the part of the owners.
MUTILATED LETTELS. WRECK OF THE GREAT
LIVERPOOL.—So saturated and mutilated were the letters and news-
papers washed from the wreck of the Great Liverpool, that it was
with the greatest difficulty the executive officers of the General Post-
office could make out any of the addresses upon them, and even up to
last evening (Wednesday) the whole of them had not been disposed
of. As a precautionary measure, and for the purpose of preventing
complaints from parties to whom the letters might in any case be
delivered, the authorities have had a special stamp struck upon such
letters, notifying that such letter or newspaper was "saved from the
wreck of the Great Liverpool."
LAUNCH OF A NEW IRON STEAM VESSEL.—Yester-
day, a new iron steam-vessel was launched from the building-yard of
Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwell. It was built by those
gentlemen for the Norfolk Steam Navigation Company, a proprietary
composed of the principal shippers, merchants, and tradesmen resi-
dent in Yarmouth and Norwich, and their respectives vicinities, be-
tween which places and London she is intended to Pb', in place of the
Ailsa Craig, which vessel has, in conjunction with the General Steam
Navigation Company's vessels, hitherto occupied that station. She
is a very handsome vessel, her length overall is 165 feet, extreme
breadth 22 feet, the present draught of water only three feet six
inches, and when fully laden with cargo, computed to be less than
seven feet, so that she will have the advantage of entering and leav-
ing Yarmouth harbour at any time of tide.
LLOYD'S —At a general meeting of the members
of Lloyd's, held yesterday, March 25, G. R. Robinson, Esq., in the
chair, after the subject of the internal arrangements of the establish-
ment was disposed of, a vote of 251. towards the testimonial to Lieut.
Waghorn, R.N., to record the sense entertained by the subscribers of
the important services rendered to the mercantile interest by the re-
gular and early receipt of the shipping intelligence frem India
effected by the energetic and persevering exertions of Mr. Waghorn
in originating and establishing the overland communication with that
extensive portion of the British empire, was proposed, and unani-
mously carried.
BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES.—In a few days.
a part of an Act of last session (8 and 9 Victoria, c. 109), relating
to games and wagers, will take effect in respect to billiard and
bagatelle tables in other titan put.U..h.oulpg. It is provided by the
I lth section that from the sth of April next, in the counties of Mid-
dlesex and Surrey, every house, room, or place kept for public
billiard playing, or where a public billiard table, or bagatelle board,
or instrument used in toy game of the like kind is kept, at which
persons arc adinittesi to play, not being under a victualler's license,
shall be licensed under this kit. That every person keeping any
such billiard or bagatelle table without being licensed for the house
where it is so kept, and also every person licensed under this Act
who shall not, during the continuance of such billiard license, put
and keep up the words, " Licensed for billiards," legibly printed,
in some conspicuous place near the door and on the outside of the
house specified in the license, shall be liable to be proceeded
ngainst as the keeper of a common gaining-house ; and be-
sides any penalty or punishment to which he ma) be liable,
if convicted, of keeping a common gaining-house, shall, on
conviction of keeping such unlicensed billiard table, bagatelle board,
or other instrument before a magistrate or two justices, be liable to
pay such penalty, net more than 101., for every day on which such
table or board shail be used, or on the discretion of the magistrate or
justices may be committed to the House of Correction, with or with-
out ha,
rd labour, for any time not more than one calendar month, and
in default of payment of a fine or costs, the goods of a defendant may
be sold. By the 13th section, persons licensed must not allow any
person to play at billiards or bagatelle after 1 and before 8 o'clock in
the morning, or at any time on Sundays, Christmas-day, or Good
Friday, or any public fast or thanksgiving day; and by anoti:er sec-
tion (the 14th) constables and police-officers are empowered to enter
the premises as often as they think proper, and if refused, such refusal
to be deemed an offence against the tenor of the license. The charge
for an annual license is, by the 10th section, fixed at 65., which li-
cense is granted by justices in session assem!sled to such persons as
in their discretion are fit and proper to keep billiard tables or baga-
telle boards.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received Gene-
ral Espartero and the Duchess of Victoria and Madn moiselle E. Es-
partero, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson
Gower, Viscount Morpeth, Lcrd Gleuelg, Lord Harry Vane, Lord and
Lady Kinnaird, Lady Ashley, Lord Dunkellen, Colonel Fox, 31r.
Rogers, and a select party, to dinner yesterday, at their mansion in
Carlton-house-terrace. A small party assembled in the evening, in-
cluding his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Clanricarde, Lord Ashley, Viscount and Viscountess
Mahon, the Hon. Mr. Stanley, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn,
Lord John Russell, the Earl of Malinesbury, his Excellency Count
Paden, Mr. R. Milnes, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. C. B. Sheridan, Sir John
Cam liobhouse, Re.
Lord Brougham received at dinner, on Wednesday,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl of Auckland,
and Miss Eden, Viscount Goderich, time Vice-Chancellor of England,-
air. and Mrs. A. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and Lady
Dillon, and Mrs. J. Townley.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry had a
dinner party on Wednesday, after which the Marchioness had a
dansante at Holdernesse House. The circle invited was very limited.
NATIONAL LAND AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—
Last night a public meeting was held in the National Hall, Holborn,
T. Wailley, Esq., M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of forming an
association having for it objects a "National Land Association,"
and a "National Building Association." The Chairman described
the physical, political, moral, anu social benefits that would accrue
to the working classes by acquiring, through associations similar to
the one proposed that evening, land and a home for themselves and
families. Messrs. It. Moore, Hill, Bainbridge, Ireland, and other
gentlemen, explained the objects of the Association; and resolutions
favourable to those objects and the formation of the Society having
been carsipd, tisanist, Were voted to the Chatrattol, and the ineetio4;
' Separated.