The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-14 00:00:00

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TUESDAY.—HisINDsoR, TuEspay.His Royal Highness the
lid
Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
A a morning visit to the Queen at the Castle, and
ed to lunch with her Majesty and Prince
Dnrt. About three o'clock the Hereditary Grand
c took hie departure from the Castle on his return
to Kew.
early in the morning the Queen and Prince Albert
Mmenaded in the new grounds of the Little Park,
114 the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were
taken an airing, accompanied by the Dowager Lady
tlttelton. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the
pr ee of "Wales and the Princess Royal, are in ex-
cellent health.
I Ins Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on
aorsehack, attended by Sir E. Bowater.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid a
alcrning visit to her Majesty.
Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to day.
ner Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony
phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the
°I). Colonel Grey.
Lieut.-General IVemyss will have the honour of
ing with the Royal party at the Castle this even-
g• This will he the only addition to the Royal
circle. Covers are laid far 13.
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..neir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess oh
"knbridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge,
sm d the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh
'strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester on Monday evening, at her residence
Gloucester House.
• Capt.Whittingham, with dispatches from Sir Hugh
Gough fir Lord Stanley, her Majesty's principal Se-
cretary of State for War and the Colonies, arrived in
wn yesterday, and attended at the Colonial-office in
the afternoon. Capt. Whittingham is the bearer of a
number of Chinese standards captured by the British
army during the recent operations in China.
Z.l The ArchbiShop of Canterbury, the Chancellor of
Ile Exchequer, and the Bishop of Llandaff, attended
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.4 Meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commission at the
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- 'nee in Whitehall-place yesterday afternoon.
,A meeting of the Customs' Revenue ,Commission
~.‘yaa held yesterday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall.
Commissioners present were Lord Granville
se 'erset, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. A.
gle, Mr. Bingham Baring, and Mr. Milncs
kell.
lai;% ord Stanley left town yesterday morning for
atham house, Ormskirk, Lancashire, the seat of
"rd Skelmersdale.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
I;sterdity. The Lords present were Lord Campbell,
Paron Parke, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge
of the Admiralty Court.
Mr. Jackson was heard on a petition of John Ash-
t°ls Yates, R. V. Yates' and J. Priestly, for leave to
• aPPeal from Trinidad. Their Lordships granted the
Prayer of the petition on the parties giving security.
Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on a peti-
tion of
Hugh Duncan Bailie, and John Lucie Smith,
for the reversal of orders • of the Supreme Court of
JJemerara, of May 21, 1842, and Aug. 17, 1842.
;: Lord Campbell, on the part of their Lordships,
!fated that the Court would take measures for obtain-
INg the information they -3,e, luire, and until an answer
should be received from the Judges, the petition would
be for further consideration. Other petitions were
LusPosed of, and the Court then rose.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Yesterday being the day to which Parliament stood
Prorogued, both houses met pro forma.
The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Haddington, and
tLords Fitzgerald and Vesey, as Lords Commissioners,
;',4Ving taking their seats in front of the Throne, the
.),Sher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the
Souse of Commons to hear the Royal Commission
read for the further prorogation of Parliament.
In a few minutes afterwards the Commons, who
• were represented by the Clerks and Officers of the
douse,
appeared at the bar, when the Royal Commis-
:,;_ slen having been read,
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the usual form
lied words, declared the present Parliament to be
L'u'ther prorozued until Thursday the 2d of February
belt, and added, then and here to meet for the dis-
' Patch of divers urgent and important business.
The Commons then withdrew.

INCOME-TAX APPEALS IN THE CITY OF LONDON'.
t,,t; Monday being the general adjournment day for
,:tearing those appeals which were not heard during
the last week, the Income-tax Commissioners met at
ten o'clock, for the purpose 'of finally disposing-. of
h them for the, wards of Aldersgate Within and With-
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„Bread-street, 'Castle Baynard, Cordwainer's;
Cripplegate Within and Without, Fay.'
Aa,l ijlingdon Within, St. Andrew's Holborn, St. Barth°.
.;'3a.Jltwta, St. Sepulchre's, St. Dunstan's-in-the-
, 1-o,fest, St. Bride's, St. Martin's, Ludgate, Whitefriars,
and''Sergeant's Inn. The number of ap-
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jiiroilidlants who have, presented themselves each day has
-ktq, Featly exceeded. the 200 provide& for which has
much
delay, as many of them were rather
a, fficult cases to determine, end required a serious con=
tderation on the part of the Commissioners to define
the real meaning of the Act as regards schedules A
4aa,parld B; respecting hind.s, tenements, and hereditaments ;
4 , 11,61 under schedule Din professions, &c. Yesterday
I there was a very full attendance, and many were.
thi remarks against this unpopular tax. A notice was
Put up, that it having been represented to the Board
, • that one of the appellants . had ill-conducted himself,
't ,by making insolent observations, the Commissioners
ft, • Would not hear his case until the close of the Cora-
Inission ; and that the same rule would be enforced
N, 'against all others who might thus misconduct them-
kives. The consequence is, that respectable citizens
It 4 "(I housekeepers of the free city of London, who con-
itni4Yota alder themselves unjustly over-assessed, must keep
i.,88 quiet as schoolboys when presenting themselves at
'rrthe Property and income.tax office, 36, Basinghall-
itreet, at least within the hearing of the worthy Corn-
4, , Inissioners, or their underlings. It appears that the
tOtice authorising the surveyor of taxes, Mr. Welch,
Isk to discharge the assessment made upon clerks, who
a satisfactorily prove that their incomes are under
150/. per annum, does not extend to commercial tra-
vellers, and they are assessed according to their an-
?nail returns while out on journeys, which causes the
V 'l,, greatest complaints to be. made on their part against '
'• the injustice of the assessment.
14, Major Malcolm, of the 3d (the King's Own)
!, Light Dragoons, who brought the important dis-
Patches from our plenipotentiaries in China, after
'.•, transacting business at the Foreign Office, left the
London Hotel, Albemarle-street, on a visit to his
mother, Lady Malcolm, at Warfield Park, Berks ; and
on Monday the Gallant Officer returned to town, ac-
' companied by her Ladyship, and again had an inter-
View with Lord Aberdeen. It is understood that the
Major, who is son of the late Sir J. Malcolm, formerly
Governor of Bombay, will not remain in town more
than afortnight, when he will return to China with
• disatches from the Foreign-office.
Sr. MICHAEL, BASSISHAW, LONDON.--A hand-
* acme silver salver, weighing upwards of 100 oz., has
t been subscribed for and presented to Mr. Wadd, sur-
,.
geon of that parish,- by his neighbours, as a token of
Itivi'••, their esteem for his gratuitous medical services to the
i
. Poor of that parish during a period of Softy years, be-
Vit ,r;f4i fore as well as since the passing of the New Poor-law
it 'lap Act. Mr. 'add has resided upwards of forty years
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that.parish, and during that period has never made
a charge to any poor person residing within it,
although continually assisting them, by advice as
. ,as medicine. The presentation took place at
Mason's-hall on Friday evening, the 9th inst., when
a high encomium was passed on that gentleman by
1,;q;,;; Mr. Alderman Farncomb, who, kindly undertook to
convey to him the feelings of his fellow-parishioners.
COVENT-OARDEN TIIEATRE.--The Merry Wives of
Windsor, as adapted with music, was represented at
ts this theatre on Monday. The character of Mrs. Ford
Was supported by Miss Kate Howard, it being her
first appearance on this stage, and was very pleasantly
and promisingly personated. The house was well filled.
Ilayssaaavr : THEATRE. -- The benefit of Mr.
Archer, the box-keeper of this theatre, took place on
Monday. The performances consisted of A Cure for
Love : Suzanne, with Celeste as the heroine : the
hurletta of One Hour ; or, A Carnival Ball, Charles
Mathews and Madame Vestris acting in their origi-
nal characters of Swiftly and Miss Dalton ; and the
farce of My Husband's Ghost. The second piece was
Mr. Charles Mathews' own comedietta of The
Dowager, the principal characters of which were per-
formed by himself and Madame Vestris. . The house
was crowded in every part.
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.—MT. Allan Maconochie,
son of Lord Mcadowbank, has been appointed Pro-
fessor of Civil Law .in the University of Glasgow !
All announcement so monstrous is almost sufficient
to rouse the shade of John Millar from its resting-
lace, in order to chastise the presumptuous intruder.
The time was when tried abilities were a necessary
qualification for so important a chair in a learned
institution. The time was when the prelections of
a Millar were listened to with delight from the same
spot that is now to be desecrated by the feebleness of
a Maconochie; but, under the auspices of a Peel and
a.Graham, our Universities are henceforth, it would
appear, to be turned into -houses of refuge for the
- Worse than mediocrity of such aspirants as the newly
appointed Professor. We alluded some time ago to
,
'a, ~ the circumstance of Lord Meadowbank having been
-t (1' tsaointed at the time when what has been termed
!5.,_14 h the ppunprecedented leap" was taken by a high legal
' functionary, and to the current rumour that his Lord-
ship had resolved, in consequence, to remain some-
-7.- 'what longer on the Bench than was desired by certain
1a), 'Pat. Parties. Can it be that the appointment of his son to
;bit the University of Glasgow is a sop to Lord Meadow-
.iy„fcr.,.. bank, to make up, in some degree, for past disap-
aa"ik, Peintments, and to smooth the way for the arrange-
-m. 11,214 Ments that are understood to be in progress ?
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