The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

IMI)ERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. OAKES took the oaths and his seat for Bury St.
Edmunds.

PETITIONS.

Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from a place in
Ireland, complaining of an unjust interference on the
part of the Roman Catholic priesthood, in the proceed-
ings of the last election, and prayinc, for the house to
take steps to prevent a recurrence of such conduct.
Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from New-
bury, in favour of Ocean Penny Postage.
Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Coventry,
praying the house to interfere in the case of Edward
Murray.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, TUESDAY. I
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by -
their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the shr.
Count of Flanders, and his Serene Highness the Prince
of Leiningen, crossed over to Portsmouth yesterday -
morning, in the Royal steam-yacht Fairy, attended by St.
the Hon. Col. Grey, Col. Bouverie, and Lieut.-Colonel 20
de Moerkerke.
The Royal party landed at the Dockyard, where they 14
were received by Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, Major- 31
General Simpson, commanding the district, and Captain
Henderson, C. 8., and walked to the steam basin, to in- 27
spect the Wellington, three-decker, now fitting out ; and
from thence went to the docks where the Marlborough 22
and other ships of war are building. They afterwards St.
proceeded on board the Excellent, gunnery ship, to wit-
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ness the exercise of the great guns.
From the Excellent, their Royal Highnesses went on 50
board the Blenheim, steam block ship, and minutely in- ,T 2
spected her armament and machinery ; and after a similar '"
visit to the Neptune, 120- the Royal party re-embarked 25
in the Fairy, and returned to. Osborne. 25
M. Van de Weyer arrived from London yesterday, on
a visit to her Majesty. 18
The Belgian Princess and the Princess Charlotte, with 20
their suite, will leave Osborne this afternoon, and pass 25
the night at Buckingham Palace, on their return to
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Brussels.
THE COURT.—Her Majesty and her illustrious family R'
are expected to remain at Osborne House a fortnight 50
longer, and then return to the Castle at Windsor. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected to St
join the Queen and the Prince at the close of the week St
from Frogmore, and will stay with her august relatives St
until they leave the Isle of Wight for the season. Prince St
Albert, shortly after his return to the Castle, is expected St
to fill up the offices held in his establishment by the late St
lamented General Wemyss.
A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Harrowby,
the Bishop of London, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, .3i•
Mr. Jelf, and Mr. Kingscote,- had an interview with the 5i
Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Mr. Girod had an interview with Sir John Pakington 21
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Colonel Waldo Sibthorp, M.P. and Lord Rodney had 5
interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the 2'
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Home-office.
Mr. Macartney had an interview yesterday with the

Earl of Derby. - -
St.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes- 20
terday from the Governor-General of Canada and the 10
Governors of the other North American Provinces. St.
Dispatches were also received from the Governors of 50
New Zealand, South Australia, Malta, and Gibraltar.
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THE POLISH BALL AND CONCERT AT THE ISt.
GUILDHALL. 8i

On Monday a meeting of the committee in aid of the St.
above-named ball and concert was held at the Guildhall.
Edward Johnstone, Esq., presided, in the absence of -no
Deputy Holt, who was unavoidably prevented from St.
meeting the committee upon this occasion. _ 25
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There were also present—Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.,
Mr. Septimus Read (Common Councilman), Mr. George
Vile, Mr. W. A. Smith, Donald Nicoll, Esq., Mr. Carr,
of the Common Council, the Secretary to the Literary
Association of the Friends of Poland, Lieutenant
Szulezewski, and other gentlemen.
A variety of business of a routine character having
been gone through, it was announced by the secretary
that the following parties had given in their adhesion to
the cause, namely—
As Patronesses.—The Lady Mayoress, her Grace the
Duchess of Argyll, her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Countess of Harrowby, the Countess of Zetland, the
Baroness Rothschild, Viscountess Palmerston, the Lady
Beaumont Lady Stanley, of Alderley, Lady Shelley,
Lady Hall, Mrs. Townshend, and Mrs. Thomson
Hankey.
As Patrons.—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the
Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, his Grace the Duke
of Argyll, his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Harrington, the Earl of
Harrowby, the Earl of Zetland, Viscount Palmerston,
M.P. ; Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P.; Lord Beau-
mont ; Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P.; S. Villiers
Shelley, Bart., M.P.; Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P.; Thom-
son Hankey, Esq., jun., Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land ; the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.; Sir James Duke,
Bart., M.P.; and the Baron Rothschild, M.P.
During the sitting of the committee, several applica-
tions for tickets were made, and from present appearances
there can be no doubt that the ball will be most fully
attended.
The committee then adjourned to this day.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Igo
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The first half-yearly ordinary meeting of the share- 20
holders in this company was held yesterday, at the 10
London Tavern ;Lord de Manley in the chair. The St.
25
report read stated—
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" That the meeting was called in accordance with the St.
deed of settlement, but that the short space of three months
only having elapsed since the issue of the prospectus and
the formation of the company, the directors were not in a
position to submit a detailed statement or accounts. They g:
regret the delay in the construction of the cable, owing to 5
unforeseen difficulties in obtaining a sufficient supply of St.
iron wire for coating the telegraph rope. The cable is now
completed, and they trust that in a few days it will be
.20
taken to Dover, to await the first favourable weather for St.
its submersion across the Channel, when it will be imme-
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diately joined to those of the Subterranean Telegraph at
Dover, and messages forwarded from Cornhill to Brussels, 6
Berlin, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and the important towns 6
of the north of Europe, instead of the more circuitous
route by Calais and Lille. The arrangements made with 3
the Dover and Calais line are most advantageous, and un-
til a more complete fusion it has been agreed to work the 5
two lines in unison, the capital and shares of the two
companies being equal, and the shares also participating 6
equally in expenditure and receipts. This arrangement
will take place immediately upon the Belgian submarine c
telegraph being opened to the public, and the option will 10
bo afforded to the shareholders in the French line to ex- 20
change their shares for those of the chartered company.
The report then notices the rapid increase of telegraphic 10
communication. The number of messages between Dover St
and Calais in December, 1851, was 878. In October last, t
1819. During last week 380, giving a return of 2361 12s.
11d. The receipts of the first six months of the submarine I
telegraph between France and England paid a dividend of S 1
51. per cent. on 75,0001., since which the business has been
almost doubled, while the expenditure, owing to the ar-
rangements agreed upon, has been greatly diminished."
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr.
MASTERMAN, the report was unanimously adopted, and '
a resolution passed thanking the directors for their able 5
services, and requesting them to carry out the sugges-
tions contained in the report.
Lord De Manley, Sir W. Carmichael, the Hon. A.
Cadogan, and Mr. Laing were re-elected directors. 1
A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro-
ceedings.
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THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—The Fine Arts Committee
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had an interview on Monday with the Earl of Charlenient,
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who, it is well known, possesses some of Hogarth's cele-
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brated originals ; among them are the "Last Stake," and
the only existing picture of the series called the " Harlot's
Progress." His lordship at once expressed his willingness St.
to exhibit these pictures, as well as his magnificent 60
" Caesar Borgia," by Titian ; " St. Peter," by Van Dyck ;
" Judas," by Rembrandt ; the " Venus and Cupids" of Sir St.
Joshua Reynolds, and Landscapes by Poussin, Vernet, St.
&c. His lordship will also contribute his beautiful statues
of Venus, Mercury, Swift, &c., &c. 50
A Low SALOON.— Yesterday, at the Marlborough-
street police court, James George Hodgson, free-vintner, 12
the keeper of the Argyll wine and supper-rooms, 16, Lei-
cester-square, was summoned by the police for keeping 12
open his house for the sale of wine and other refreshments
on Sunday morning. It was stated that the visitors to the 25
saloon, who were mostly prostitutes and " fast men," were
admitted through a private door into a passage. They it
were furnished with tickets, for which they paid, the 6
amount of which was given in wine in the saloon, where a 12?
'fiddle and piano were playing, and dancing was going on
among the company. Defendant was fined in the full
penalty of 5/. St.
ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY GUARD.—At the Marylebone St.
police court yesterday, Henry John Buckle, a guard in the
employ of the Great Western Railway Company, was 16'
placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for re-examination, 20
charged with having carried on a system of plunder to a 5
considerable extent. At the close of the enquiry, the pri- 2
oonor was fully committed for trial.
METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION,—Yesterday, at a
the Court House, in Greek-street, Soho-square, the com- 20
missioners met at 12 o'clock, the public having been kept St.
waiting for an entire hour. The secretary announced that
the balance in hand amounted to about 20,0001., and the 15
Court ordered payments for current expenses to the extent 8
of 6,0001. The clerk of accounts, Mr. Coggin, submitted
the usual report on the state of the collections—rates made 10
and now in course of collection, 173,2911. 10s. 5d., of
which 80,0151. 2s. has been already reported as collected 10
and paid to the treasurer. Collected during the present 25
month, 9,5821. 3s. 2d., so that there remains uncollected 10
83,7181. 7s. 3d. Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., and Sir 1,04
W. Cubitt were appointed consulting engineers to the
commission ; and Mr. G. Cooper was nominated to fill the St.
office of engineer to the Westminster district, which post 20
had been left vacant by the promotion of Mr. Bazalgette to a
the surveyor of works. Two builders, who had severally
destroyed and entered sewers without the permission of the 5
commissioners, were fined—the Chairman announcing that St.
the Court was resolved to maintain its authority in this
respect. 17
THE PARISH OF WANDSWORTH AND THE EARL 25
SPENCER.-For some time past the parishioners of Wands-
worth have been opposing the contemplated enclosure of
Wandsworth Common, a plot of land used by the inha-
bitants of the surrounding parishes. At a meeting held on
Monday, a memorial was agreed to, for presentation to the
Earl Spencer, objecting to the enclosure contemplated, and ix
requesting his lordship to assist them against the destruc-
tion of public property. 1(
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—Since the year 1800 the num-
ber of public, private, local, and personal acts printed was
17,120. The largest number was passed in 1813-14, when
448 received the royal assent ; and the smallest number in
1841, when only 15 were passed. During the railway agi-
tation many personal acts were passed—in 1845, the num-
ber was 204 ; in 1846 they reached 402 ; and in 1847, 297.
THE SWELLY ROCKS.—MENAI STRAITS, Friday.— 11
In compliance with the statement by the Secretary of the
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Admiralty to Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, in the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday last, instructions have been received
from the Admiralty authorities for the immediate removal
of these dangerous obstructions to the due navigation of
the Menai. Mr. Edwin Clark has been appointed to con-
duct the undertaking, and he is now engaged in preparing
the necessary plans, not only for the blasting of the rocks,
but for other improvements in the navigation of the straits
in the neighbourhood of the bridges.
THE WHISKY PANIC.—Some idea of the extent of the
groundless panic in the whisky trade, anticipative of im-
portant changes expected to be introduced in the last Bud-
get, may be formed from the fact that, within the past
fortnight no less than 60,0001. have been paid in this city
as Government duty on whisky in bond.--61/Gegoto Mail.