The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

IRISH RAC

NOV

Kilkenny ...

THE SEARCH FOR SIR J. FEANKLIN.—We may
take this opportunity of mentioeing, that in a privet-
letter from Captain Kellett to a gentleman in Londor
he states that when at the mouth of Wellington Chaotic,.
he and his officers saw a great number of birds perchee
on what turned out on examination to be square pier;
of whale blubber, which were drifting out of the channe•
They bore every appearance of having been cut from th
animal. Captain Kellett came to the conclusion that the
Prince Albert was close at hand, but that ship was a*
the time in Regent's Inlet. The blubber, must, there-
fore, have been cut either by Esquimaux, or by Frank-
lin's party. We should state, that when the blubber
was seen, Sir E. Belcher had not gone up Wellington
Channel.—ilthenceunt,
COMPANY FOR DRAINING THE LA/CE FUCINO.—Ig
has been found necessary, in order to conform to the
statutes of the kingdom of Naples, to alter the arrange-
ments of this company, by increasing the share capita-
to 262,5001., instead of 210,0001,, and the shares to
171. 103., instead of 161. each. The subscription lists
under the amended arrangements, close this day.
THE CLUBS.—AII the clubs in St. James'-street anc
Pall-mall aro getting ready for the Duke's funeral, and.
it is said, the Reform, for instance, intend to accommo-
date the friends of members at about 12s. 6d. each,
as to defray the expense of scaffolding and rafresl-
ments I
FLOOD AT ROCHDALE.—in consequence of the hea73
rain which fell early on Wednesday last, the river ,„t
Rochdale was much swollen, and the rush of water was
so great that the usual channels were not capable of car-
rying it off. In the old burial ground of the parish
the drain •
in consequence of not being sufficientl
church,
capacious to carry of the water, the pressure against the
wall of the churchyard became so great, that at half-past
two o'clock in the morning fourteen yards of th
yielded and full with considerable force.
The
churchart_-
yard being situated at a considerable elevation, thee Past
yielded
stones, and some of the grave atones were carried some
distance down the hill. A coffin, containing a corpse,
was removed several yards from the church-yard, and
was found lying on the surface of the ground. Other
damage was sustained in consequence of the heavy rain;
six cottage houses in course of erection in Whitworth-,
road, belonging to Mr. James Butterworth, joiner an::
builder, fell to the ground.
NEWS FOR THE WEST END.—What with the session
beginning on Thursday, then the supplemental and more
imposing opening on the llth, the funeral on the 18th,
the ambassdorial recognition of the
French Emperor,
Turkey's the prevention of goose being cooked by the
Russian eagle and Austrian vulture, and the possible
break-up and reconstruction of a couple of Cabinets of
our own before Christmas, there can be little question
that we shall have a tolerably brisk season of it.
Tin: PRECIOUS METALS.—The receipts of the pr:„1-
ous metals, last week, included 320,000 dollars by the
Canada, and 320,000 dollars by the Africa, both from
New York ; 34,113 ounces of gold by the Lima from
Melbourne ; 17,852 ounces by the Ganges from Sydney;
and 500 ounces by the John Oldham from Adelaioo„
The total value of these imports is upwards of 350,0034:.,,
of which about 212,600/. comes from our Australian
col3nies. The custom-house statement of the exports
of the precious metals direct from London, during the
week ending Thursday, is as follows:—Gold bars : to
Hamburg 9,790 ounces. Gold coin: to Hamburg, 2,200
1,300 ounoes ; to
ounces. Silver bars to Boulogne,
Hamburg, 6,800 ounces. This gives a total of 9,990
ounceNf gold, and 8,100 ounces of silver, of the value
of about 40,0001, The only other shipment reported to
us is a sum of 20.000/. by the Thomas Chadwick for
Sydney, so that there is shown a balance of nearly
300,0004 in ftinur 01 impute over exports.