The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOI3F,It 2B, 1852;

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF

WELLINGTON.

[FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
OCT. 26 ]

Earl-Marshal's-office, 1, Parliament-street,
Oct. 27, 1852.
'TAU peeresses desirous of being present in St. Paul's
Cathedral, at the solemnity of the funeral of Field Mar-
shell the Duke of Wellington, are hereby requested to
send in their names and addresses to me, on or before
the 6th day of November next (after which no applica-
ton ern be received), in order that pieces may be re-
served for them respectively, cud it is hereby nosified
that besides a ticket for eech peeress individually, one
other ticket for a lady, to accompany such peeress, will
be issue.'. NORFOLK, Earl Menhai.

We have authority to state that there is no founda-
tion whatever for the report, which appeared in the Globe
of Tuesday evening, that Major Beresford is to be appointed
Goveiaor of Jamaica.—Herald.

The Lord Chencellor's name was omitted in the
Court Circriar from the List of Ministers who attended the
Cabinet Cuuncit on Monday last, The Noble Lord was
present on that occasion, rid hrs been present at every
Cabinet Coracil since the present Government came into
office.—lbiJ

Sir Charles Fox, partner in the house of Fox,
Henderson, rid Co., of London, awived at Copenhagen on
the 21st, for the purpose of matting a contract for the con-
struction of the railway from Rothschild to Korsoer.
We regret to hear that Lady Caroline Sanford is
confined to her room by indisposition, wising from an acci-
dent while stepping into her carriage a short time since.

THE IVIJNT.—A correspondent inquires, with refer-
ence to the scarcity of silver coin, " What rre the Mint
authorities doing ?" And he urges us to "arouse them from
their lethargy, and set them to work." We are authorized
to state that, besides a much larger rmount of gold coin,
more than three million pieces of silver coin, to the value
of upwards of 160,000/., have been issued from the Mint to
the public, through the Bank, since the commencement of
July, and that the most energetic measures are being
adopted at the Mint to increase the supply.— Times.
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yes-
terday the commissioners held a special court at their princi-
pal office, Greek-street. The court proceeded to make a rate
of 6d. in the pound on the following districts, viz., the eastern
division of the Westminster sewers, Hackney-brook level,
Spitalfields, &c., level, Hetmitage-street level, and Lower
Wapping level. It was estimated that a sixpenny rate would
raise the sums undermentioned, inclusive of arrears of former
iates, in the several districts, viz.—Es stets division of West-
minster sewers, 21,4481. ; Hackney- bra At level, 3,9571. ;
Spitalfields, &c., level, 19,110/. ; rletmitage-street level,
463/.; and Lower Wapping level, 1,072/. The rates were
ordered to be made accordingly.
DEATH OF A WOMAN BY POl3ON.—Yesterday in-
formation was forwr-dad to Mr. Wakley, the coroner for
Middlesex, of the death of a woman of the name of Ellen
Harvey, aged 29, under the following circumstances : —lt
appears that the deceased lived at No. 13, St Helena-place,
Clerkenwell, and had had a quairel with her husband about
some family affairs, and that out of bravado she had taken
nearly two ounces of quicksilver and some other chemical
preparation, which had been prepared by her husband to use
in his business. She was at once token to the Royal Free
Hospital, where she wrs attended to by Mr. G. F. Lane, the
house surgeon, but without success, for she lingered in great
agony, and expired, as above stated, yesterday morning.
FATAL ACCIDENT.— Yesterday evening Mr. W.
Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the London Hospital, '
on view of the body of John Aiatzon, aged 74 years, who
was run over and killed on Monday afternoon, August 23d,
while in the act of crossing the carriage way in Bishopsgate-
stree. The jury said that the part in question was one of
the most dangerous for foot passengers in the city of London,
and after a brief consultation, they returned the following
verdict:—" That the deceased died from certain injuries to
the left leg, but how carsed they had no satisfactory evidence
to show."

THE BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS' STRlKE.—Several
of the workmen connected with this dispute have again com-
menced work. some of the employers having yielded to the
ter.Ls demanded by the workmen.
MILITIA DESERTIONS.—Yesterday a list of forty.
six deserters from the different metropolitan regiments was
forwarded to Mr. Messer, the relieving officer of the Maryle-
bone workhouse, in order that he might hand over to the
police any of the deserters who should apply for parochial
relief.

THE MURDFRS NEAR STAFFORD. The inquest
upon the victims in this atrocious case, which was
.reported
in our columns yesterday, wrs ovened on
Mr. Monday night, be-
fore Ward, coroner, at the Gate public-house, Moss-pit.
After viewing the scene, and the calcined remains of the
bodies, the proceedings were adjourned to Monday next, at
the White Lion Inn, Forebridge. There is no possible doubt
of a most brutal murder having been committed, and the
room set on lire in which the old man slept—the wife being
brought down from the upper room and thrown across the
old man's body. The victims are Richard Blackburn, malt-
ster, and his wife, formerly of Forebridge, Stafford, aged
about fifty years each.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NORFOLK.—The
investigation before the magistrates into the revolting case of
attempted murder of a woman on the North Dennes, a
secluded pot Lion of the sands on the beach, to the north of
Yarmouth, by placing a pitch-plaster over her face, and in-
flicting dreadful injuries upon her person, was resumed yes-
terday at the Town-hall. At the close of the enquiry, the
Mayor addressed the prisoner, and said that the Bench were
unanimous in committing him to Norwich Castle for trial at
the next assizes, on a charge of attempting to suffocate and
murder Mary Ann Proudfoot.
DREADFUL DEATH OF AN OCTOGENARIAN.—MII,
Bedford, the . coroner, held an irquesi yesterday, at St.
ge
whichBo yeaorcsc, u andtied ri e
ns
George's Hospital, touching the death of Mrs. Mary Witham,
dnearly
Kensington,
itdhialalot INvinog. sli,nCshaularr m
ch-asntrneeert;
Deceased was very respectably connected, and on Friday, the
7th instant, she was sealing a letter, when she set fire to her
clothes, and tumbled under the grate, in which condition she
was found by her landlady, Mrs. ll,l'Clough, with whom she
lodged. Medical assistance was immediately nrocured, but
the deceased was subsequently removed to SL George's Hos-
pital, where she lingered until the 24th inst. Mr. Thompson,
the house surgeon, stated that she was severely burnt about
the face, arms, and chest.— Verdict, " Accidental death."