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

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852.

NOVEMBER.
Epsom _ 4 I Stretford

4
Liverpool Autumn 9
Cowbridgo Hunt
Northallerton n 1

Warwick l6
Aberystwith
Shrewsbury Autumn, 23

IRISH RACES TO COME.

NOVEMBER.

Kilkenny „. 28

Tan SEARCH Fon Stu. J. FRANKLIN.—Wa may
take this opportunity of mentioning, that in a private
letter from Captain Kellett to a gentleman in London,
he state., that when at the mouth of Wellington Channel
he and his officers saw a great number of birds perched,
on what turned out on examination to be square pieces
of whale blubber, which wore drifting out of the channel.
They bore every appearance of having been cut from the
animal. Captain Kellett came to the conclusion that the
Prince Albert was close at hand, but that chip eves at
the time in Regent's Inlet. The blubber, must, there-
fore, have been cut either by Mquiinaux, or by Frank-
lin's party. We should state, that when the blubber
was seen, Sir E. Belcher had not gone up Wellington
Channel.—Athenceum.
COMPANY FOR DRAINING THE LAKE FUCINO.—It
has been found necoseary, in order to conform to the
statutes of the kingdom et Naples, to alter the arrange-
ments of this company, by increasing the share capital
to 262,5001., instead of 240,0001., and the shares to
171. 101., instead of 161. each. The subscription list,
under the amended arrangements, close this day.
Tan CLUBS.—MI the clubs in St. James'-street and
Pall-mall are getting ready for the Duke's funeral, and
it is said, the Reform, for instance, intend to eccommo-.
date the friends of members at about 12e. d. each, so
as to defray the expense of scaffolding au6d refresh-
ments !
FLOOD AT ROCHDALE.--D1 consequence of the heavy
rain which fell early on Wednesday last, the river at
Rochdale was much swollen, and the rush of water was
so great that the teal channels were not capable of car-
rying it off. In the old burial ground of the
sufficiently
pariahi
church, in consequence of the drain not being
u
capacious to carry of the water, the pressure against the
wall of the churchyard became so groat, that at half-past
two o'clock in the morning fourteen yards of the H
yielded and fell with considerable force. 'he church,-
yard being situated at a considerable elevation, the wall
stones, and some of the grave atones were carried some
distance down the bill. A coffin, containing
was removed several yards from th
was found lying on the surface of the church.
yard
rede,rpa sued
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yOth rain;er
damage was sustained in consequence
six cottage houses in course of erection in Whitworth-
road, belonging to Mr. James Butterworth, joiner and
builder, fell to the ground.
NEWS FOR THE WEST EteD.—What with the session
beginning on Thursday, thii n the supplemental and more
1
imposing opening on the lth, the funeral on the 18th,
the ambassdorial
of
Turkey's
of the French Emperor,
the prevention goose being cooked by the
Russian ea ;le and
Austrianreconstruct of a
vulture, and
ofthe oilsle
break-up and
couple. Cabinets of
our own before Christmas, there can be little question
that we shall have a tolerably brisk season of it.
THE PRECIOUS METALS.—The receipts of the preci-
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 Adelaide.
The total value of these imports is upwards of 350,0031.,
of which about 212004 comes from our Australian
colonies. The custom-house statement of the exports
of the precious metals direct from London, during the
week ending Thursday, is as follows:—Gold bars : toHamburg 9,790 ounces. Gold coin: to Hamburg, 2,200
ounces. Silver bars : to Boulogne, 1,300 ounces ; to
Hamburg, 6,800 ounces. This gives a total of 9 990
ounces of gold. and 8,100 ounces of silver, of the value
of about 40,000/, The only other shipment reported to
us is a sum of 200001. by the Thomas Chadwick for
Sydney, so that there is shcelea a balance of nearly
300,0004 in favour of imports over exports.