The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

SPRING CUP.

yrs st lb yrs st lb
Doubt
Cauriri .
Baroness 5 7 9 Panope 4 7 5
d Becton 4 7 9 Wilmont
Little George .. ... 4 7 9 Unity
Conveyor 4 7 9
Panope, Little George, Unity, Doubt, and Reversion,
were all the go at " the corner" yesterday, but I remain
of the same opinion as expressed last week; and should
Cauriri and Unity fail in obtaining the first two places,
I should take Dawson's horse in reversion, expecting to
see Baroness and Conveyor beat both the cracks.
The Hurdle Race seems to be a foregone conclusion
in favour of the Seignor of Holderness or the Little
Queen; with the exception of Lord George, Fugleman
(d), and one or two outsiders, the whole of the entries
will start for this race, and I shall expect to see Valiant
and Miss Collingwood in very good positions.
For the Grand National Steeplechase somewhere
about twenty-four or twenty-five will run, viz.:—
st lb st lb
Sir John ll 12 Tipperary Boy .. ... 10 3
Vain Hope ll 8 Mulligan lO 2
Sir Peter Laurie ... 11 7 Rescue...
Peter Simple
Victim lO 13 Currig _ 9 12

Fugitive
d Farnham
Rattrap
Hair-and-Half lO S

Sam Hood
Volatile
Grey Steel mare
De Ginkle

Shinrone lO

Maurice Daley

Young-un
Maria Day
Abd-el-Kader lO 44

Sobersides - 9 4
Penrith

Fugitive, I anticipate, will be about the mark, with
Rattrap, Tipperary Boy, Mulligan, Fogleman, Abd-el-
Kader, Maria Day, Victim, and Sir John immediately
in her rear; from this batch I should sift as the most
chaffy Fogleman, Abd-el-Kader, Maria Day, Victim,
and Sir John; and should the daughter of Rush miss
the mark, Tipperary Boy or Mulligan will then, I
prognosticate, fill up the vacancy.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF TLIE TURF.
Feb. 25, 1851.

THE WINDOW-TAX.--A public meeting of the in-
habitants of the ward of Aldersgate and the vicinity NV as
held yesterday at the City of London Literary Institution,
Aldersgate-street, " to consider the propriety of petitioning
the House of Commons against the continuation of the win-
dow-tax, or the substitution of a house-tax in lieu thereof."
Sir Peter Laurie, alderman of the ward, presided. The
chairman, in opening the proceedings, remarked that since
he had signed the paper convening that meeting, the
Mininisters, whose intended measure they were then met to
oppose, had tendered their resignation, and it was, of course,
impossible to say what course would be pursued by their
successors. As, however, it was not improbable that an
attempt might be made either to continue the obnoxious
window-tax, or to enact in its stead others of an equally
objectionable character, he thought the present meet-
ing was by no means unnecessary, and he hoped it might
have the effect of preventing a new Chancellor of the Exche-
quer from attempting to impose such unjust and unpopular
burdens as the window, the house, and he would add, the
income-tax.—(hear.) Mr. 11. Besley then moved the fol-
lowing resolution :—" That this meeting call on their fellow-
citizens to join them in protesting against the imposition of
any new tax, and demand that the surplus revenue be ap-
propriated to meet any deficiency which may arise from the
total and immediate repeal of th© window-tax." The reso-
lution was seconded by Mr. W. A. Saull, and carried unani-
mously. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs.
Stacy, Mottram, Woodward, and Sibley, and the following
resolutions agreed to nem. con.:.--" That this meeting cannot
consider any Government sincere in their professions of sani-
tary reform, who persist in retaining a law that shuts out
from our dwellings such essential preservatives of health as
light and air."—" That these resolutions be embodied in a
petition, signed by the inhabitants of this ward, and presented
to the House of Commons by John Masterman, Esq., one of
the senior Members for the City."

THE COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. W. HUTCIIINSON.
—The sentence of the court-martial lately assembled at the
Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse, for the trial of First
,Lieutenant William Hutchinson, of the Royal Marines,
having been approved by the Admiralty, was promulgated
at the barracks on Saturday last (22d inst).l The charges
against Lieutenant llutchinson were, for conduct unbe-
coming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in
using abusive language and kicking his superior officer,
Captain J, F. Britttain, on the evening of the annual
fancy dress ball in connexion with the Royal Western
Yacht Club. The offensive words used were—" Here,
here's your wife flirting like hell with that fellow Paken-
ham ;" and on Captain Brittain retorting, "It's like your
impertinence, and it's a lie," Lieutenant Hutchinson
asked him to come outside the ball-room, and on his doing
so he kicked him as he was going down the stairs. The
sentence of the court was that Lieutenant W. Hutchinson
be dismissed, and he has been dismissed accordingly. In his
defence, Mr. Hutchinson raised a question as to the juris-
diction of the court to try him, it being a military court-
martial, and he having been, at the time the offence was
stated to have been committed, and at the date of the Ad-
miralty warrant for the court-martial, an officer of Royal
Marines, in actual service and on full pay in the Royal Navy
as a lieutenant of Royal Marines, on hoard her Majesty's
ship Impregnable. It is understood that Mr. Hutchinson
will, on this ground, appeal against the finding and sentence
of the court. With this view he put in a protest of non-
jurisdiction on the first day of the court's sitting.