The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-10 00:00:00

MIS UZI/LANE° US.

The Forty.eighth Anniversary of the Licensed Victuallers' So.
ciety was celebrated on Tuesday, at White Conduit House, when
between 400 and 500 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The Secretary
read the Report, from which it appeared that since the establish.
ment of this excellent Institution the enormous sum of 216,7451.
had been distributed fur different charitable purposes.
On the motion of Mr. Ewart a return has been ordered by the
House of Commons of the number of perscres executed, fur alt
crimes in London and Middlesex, during triennial periods front
1821 up to 1839, together with the number of persons committed
for murder in the same periods respectively.
The solemnities observed on Ash Wednesday of old in the
Church were severe and exemplary. Silence was observed; coin.
mon prayers used, and ashes and holy water sprinkled on the heads
of the Monks, the Priests saying, "Remember you are but dust,
and to dust you must return." On that evening, also, boys used to
run about with firebrands and torches.

A fire broke out at Drontheim cn the 23d inst., when 300
houses and the hospital were consumed.

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has issued a commission to in-
quire into the state and circumstances of all the public charities in
Dublin receiving Parliamentary aid, and the sums voted for the
maintenance of which form a portion of the annual estimates.

- On Saturday morning last, the guard of the Limerick mail-coach
was severely wounded on the Moneygall road, by a shot from a
blunderbuss, discharged from behind a ditch.

The splendid presents made to the Prince and Princess Esterhazy,
arrived from Venice and liatisbon, and displayed on Monday even-
ing at Lady Jersey's, were valued at P 2,000/. The most magnifi-
cent were a beautiful tiara of the purest diamonds, and a rich
necklace of pearls.
The boy Jones has again vanished in a most mysterious manner.
He left home in a clean shirt on Friday morning last, since when
he has not been seen, though a letter has been received from hint,
bearing the Portsmouth post-mark, stating that he is going to sea
again. The letter is supposed to have been writen at the dictation
of others. We dare say that the boy will be again found shortly
in Buckingham Palace.

Mr, Wakley, alluding to the recent railway accidents, observed
on Tuesday in the House of Commons, that " when one or two
Lords had lost their lives, the House would be disposed to sym-
pathise with them; but until some noblemen had been sacrificed,
he had no hope that the House would pass such a law as the case
required."—Such being the case, we wculd respectfully hint to the
patriotic. Duke of Buckii.gham the propriety of his allowing himself
to be smashed or blown up on a railway, by way of attracting
public attention to the subject. His Grace's loss could not be sup-
plied, and he would have the proud satisfaction of knowing that,
like the Roman Curtius, he offered himself up a victim to the
public good !

We are glad to learn there is no probability of
altering the penny-postage to # oz.
There is very little doubt but that, the vacant see
of Ossory will be conferred upon the Venerable Archdeacon of
Dublin, Dr. Torrens. The valuable living of St. Peter's, in
this city, will fall to the Government, and the proper allocation
of this causes the delay in the public announcement of the new
bishop. The clergymen named are Doctors Elrirtgton, Vig_
nolles, and Daly. The first is the choice of the Lord Primate;
the second, the !first chaplain to his Excellency, and Dean of
the Chapel Royal; the third, one of the litigant parties for the
Deanery of St. Patrick.

GLACIARIUM ARTIFICIAL ICE 1 --This
beautiful invention has fully established itself in public estima-
tion, nearly 10,000 persons of the first character having in-
spected it, and testified their approbation of its merits. The
private view will shortly close previous to its being carried out
on the magnificent scale contemplated. In the list of visitors
for the last few days are Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Marquis
of Stafford, Viscount Chelsea, Sir Edward Parry, Sir Walter
and Lady Blunt, Lady M'Gregor, Hon. W. Fitzroy, Hon Mr.
Wombwell, Baron de Rectouch, Sir Henry Calder, Captain
Bosanquet, Captain Durtiett, Mr. Faraday, &e.
THE ASSIZES.—THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

—We believe that the arrangements for the ensuing Assizes
are not yet completed, and great uncertainty has prevailed
with respect to them. It is understood, however, that the
Commission-day at York will not be earlier than the Ist of
March, and it may be the sth. That at Liverpool will be
from a fortnight to three weeks later. Mr. Baron Parke and
Mr. Baron Rolfe will be the Judges at York and Liverpool.
Mr. Justice Wightman (probably alone) will take the four
northern counties and North Lancashire. Mr. Sergeant
Atcherley takes Mr. Baron Parke's place on the Norfolk Cir-
cuit.—Leeds Mercury.
WIGAN SCRUTINY. Preparations for the
Wigan scrutiny are now in active preparation ; evidence is col-
lecting, and, from the knowledge we possess of the unlawful
practices of the Tories at the late election, we feel not the
slightest hesitation in predicting that in a very short space of
time Mr. Charles Standish and Mr. Charles Roscoe Grenfell
powil(!iwbaotrhooelisciwltet.ing Members for the good old borough.—Lieer-
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'NEW WATER COMPANY.—We perceive by
an advertisement which appears in another part of our paver,
that an application will be made in the present Session of Par.
liament for an Act to incorporate the " London, Westminster,
and Metropolitan Water Company," and to empower them to
supply the inhabitants of London with pure arid wholesome
water. This great and desirable change has for many
years been most loudly and earnestly called for by
those who are compelled to consume the water of the
river Thames. Tne experiments which have been made under
the able direction of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer,
have fully demonstrated the fact, that a sufficient quantity of
pure water for the adequate supply of the metropolis, can be
obtained from the springs in the neighbourhood of Watford, in
the county of Hertfordshire, without interfering with the in-
terests which are vested in the surface waters, and consequently
without any detriment to the value of the millowners' property
on the river Colne.

THE QUEEN v. LORD ASHBURTON AND
OTHERS.-lt has been already stated, that on Thursday after-
noon, just before the breaking up of the Grand Jury, a bill for
conspiracy against Lord Ashburton and three others, was re-
turned to the Central Criminal Court. Since that time up to
Monday, the bill remained in the office, and no application was
made on behalf of the prosecutors for the usual certificate of the
Court of the finding of the Lill, upon which, in ordinary cases,
the defendants, under such circumstances, are called upon to
find bail. On Monday an application was made on behalf of
the Noble Lord, to Mr. Justice Patteson, for a writ of certio-
rari, to remove the indictment from the Central Court to the
Queen's Bench, and the certiorari was accordingly issued ; and
the case, if ever it should come to trial, will consequently be
disposed of in that Court. The amount of bail fixed by the
Learned Judge was a recognizance of 500/. for each of the
principals, with two sureties of 250 i. each.