The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-24 00:00:00

ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS.—The following gen-

"lemen,Jaaving undergone the necessary examinations
for the diploma, were admitted members of the college
at the meeting of the court of examiners on May 21 :
Messrs. Thomas Young Savage, Toronto, Canada;
Alfred Henry Wagstaff, Ivinghoe, Bucks ; William,
Riddell Brunton, Army ; Joshua Plaskitt, Louth, Lin-
colnshire; John Fortnom Straker, H.E.1.C.5., Bombay;
Robert Cleall, Pouncy, Glastonbury ; Robert Edmund
Jackson, Whitby, Yorkshire; Hugh Granger Earnshaw,
Port Faulkner, Aughrin, county of Wicklow ; and
George Cowper Rose, West-square, Lambeth.
THE CITY STATUE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.—Yesterday
the workmen commenced breaking the ground in the
centre of the open space adjoining the north-west corner
of the Bank of England, at the junction of Lothbury
and Princess-street, preparatory to placing there the
obelisk, which now stands at the westoend of Cheapside,
on the site on which the City statue of Sir Robert Peel,
by Behnes, is to be placed. The contractor for the
work of placing the statue in its place and removing the
,)belisk to its new site, is Mr. Chadwick, of Grosvenor-
wharf, Westminster.
AFFAIRS OF MR. EDWARD OLIVER. LIVERPOOL,
May 23.—1 t is said that efforts are being renewed to
throw the affairs of Mr. Oliver into the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. •It will also be recollected that a short time
subsequent to the declared insolvency of Mr. Oliver,
whose extensive failure created such a sensation, several
attempts were made to obtain a fiat of bankruptcy
against him, all of which were defeated. This day
(Wednesday) some proceedings of a private nature were
heard before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, in the Liver-
pool Bankruptcy Court, with a view, it is nudes stood, to
some such object, but the exact nature of the application
did. not transpire. .
THE PASSENGERS BY THE JAMES BAlNES.—Liverpool,
May 23.—A further investigation into the complaints
made by the passengers which arrived in this ship from
Melbourne, was carried on yesterday, and to-day another
meeting of the.passengers was held, at which it was ra-
solved to institute proceedings against the owners,
I Messrs. James Baines and Co., for two infractions of
the Emigration -Act—viz., for selling spirits on board
the ship, and for having supplied the passengers with un-
wholesome food. Messrs. James Baines and Co., it is
-aid, maintain that the whole matter is susceptible of
easy explanation. Rumours are also rife that gross
morality prevailed on board the ship.
THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS.—NAPLES, May
14.—Vesuvius, instead of ceasing its destructive crop-
has been committing daily greats-r ravages. Within
the last few days a portion of the lava has diverged
from the main stream, which, flowing down on Cerolu
ind running to the right, has nearly reached St. Jovio.
Much fine (titivated land has been covered over, and
promised abundance destroyed. The loss to some indi-
viduals is very considerable, while the total amount
must be immense. Should the eruption continue, the
course of the lava will lead it over the railway into the
sea. The summit of the mountain is so riddled, and the
surface is presumed to be so thin, that it is feared it
may fall at any time • and no person is allowed to ad-
vance beyond the Observatory. Indeed it would be
madness to attempt it. The spectacle which the moun-
tain presents at night is remarkably grand. Its sides
are covered with the fiery fluid, which one may imagine
to he blond, oozing out from the wounded giant.
THE IRON TRADE IN. SOUTH WALES.— At the present
moment the iron trade throughout the whole of South
Wales is in a very depressed state, and many of the
works are now making iron at a loss. As a consequence,
trade is slack, the ironmongers holding off from orders
until the market has become more favourably established.
The 10 per cent, reduction, which has now been fully
carried into effect throughout the hills, has to a great
extent lightened the burden for the masters. However,
in consequence of some large orders which were taken
some time ago, the majority of the works are occupied,
though some furnaces are now out of blast. - Some idea
of the enormous trade which England has being doing
with foreign countries may be gathered from the fact
that in the six months ending the .close of January last,
upwards of 96,000 tons of Welsh made rails were shipped
foreign from the three ports of Bristol, Newport, and
Cardiff, being upwards of 27,000, 31,000, and 37,000
tons respectively.—Hereford Journal.
DEATH OF LORD SPENCER COMPTON.—We regret to
announce the sudden death of Captain ',Ord Spencer S.
Compton (15th Hussars), who died on Monday morning
at Exeter, in which city his lordship was stationed with
his reginient. Lord Spencer Compton was taken unwell
about a fortnight ago with inflaipmation of the lungs,
and was considered to be progressing favourably, so
much scrthat his lordship was to leave this week for
Castle Ashby, in Northamptonshire, for change of air.
On Monday morning, at an early hour, Lady Mari-
anne Alf ird, who since her brother's illness has been
in attendance on him, administered a draught to him,
and his lordship said he was butter, and was cheerful.
At eight o'clock in the morning a heavy fall in the bed-
room of his lordship aroused his attendants, and on
entering his chamber the gallant nobleman was found
prostrate on the floor. Ile was quite unconscious,
and expired in a few minutes. The deceased was third
son of the late Marquis of Northampton, and brother of
the present peer. He was born 6th• March, 1821. His
lordship entered the 85th Regiment as lieutenant :n
1343, and subsequently removed to the 15th Hussars,
his commission as captain in that gallant corps being
• dated in December, 1846. The noble deceased only re-
turned with his regiment from the East Indies in June
last. The mortal remains of his lordship were to be re-
I moved yesterday from Exeter to the-ancient family seat
• of the Northampton family at Castle Ashby, for inter-
ment. A large number of distinguished families have
been placed in mourning by the demise of his lordship,