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

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.

[FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO TIIE LONDON GAZETTE OF
OCT. 26

Earl-Mv..ihaVa-0ffi...3, 1, Pecliament-ereet,
Oc' 27, 1852.
•:.; All peressea &Y-axis of being 'resent fl St. Parrs
Ce.the 3r;', at t'le solemaity of the icaelel of Field &Tar-
shell the Duke of WeP;erV)r, v:a hereby request-3 to
and their of 3 rid eddrez:es t) me, on or before
the 6'h day of Noveml3r next (e Jar which no applic
t'on c Zt3 1, .1v( 1), iz order tnat plc- 35 may be re-
sei Fed for them resp::,,,:vely, f id it 53 hereby notified
that t asides a 'cket for c 3 reis inclividna)ly, one
wher ticket for a I iy, t 3 ttf. :ompeny such peeress, w:
t 3 ',sue ' NORFOLK, EPTI.III--shr-

We have authority to state that there is no foind-.-
tion whatever for the report, which appeared in the C!obe
of Theiday evening that Major Beresford is to be appointed
Gove,aor of Jrrnaica.—Heraltl.

The Lord Clunnllor's name wri ore;i:ed in the
Cm— 6 C;rcr'r• from the List of Bliristers who attend( 1 the
Cabinet C nine on Monday las' The Noble Lord was
present on that occrsion, rid hcs been present at every
Gobi-let C-r tc;l nines the present Covetameat came into
olc

Sir Charl( 3 Fox, pat finer in the hou,3 of Fox,
IlendeLocn, -Id Co., of London, a,.ived at Copenhagen on
the 21st, for the nuip,Le of making a contract for the con-
struction of the rs'lway from Bolts:child to Borst er.
We reg.at t-) hclr Ont Lady Caroline Senford is
confined to her rt nn by indisposition, ts%singfrom P 1 acci-
dent while stepping into her ca.-Irge a short time since.
THE MINT.—A co.;€3pondent inouires, with refer-
ence t o the scorciL, of silver c r " Nv, hat 1-" Et the M'ot
authorities doing?' And he urges vs to "arouse them from
their lethargy, rrd rot them to work." We r-e authoiio
to state that, besides a arch 1- -ger mount of gold coin,
more than three million pit .os of silver coin, to the vehle
of upwards of 160,0(0' , have been i-sued from the Mint to
the public tbtough the e'le3 the commencement of
Jroy, and that tne most energet'c me'sures e-e being
iopted at the Mint to incret se the supply.—Times.
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yes-
terday the corerni,:sioneis held a special covet at their princi-
prl office, Greek-stn ot. The court procc, icd t o makes rate
of 6d. in the nound on the following elsti:cts, ,the eastern
division of tue Westmirst or ,we.., Hackney-brook level,
Snita'fields, &c., leve', lle,anit- p-strt ot leve' ; id Lower
NN moping level. It was estimated that a sixpenny rato would
rise the burns undermentioni. 1, inclusive of r,.re11.; of former
rates in the revert' dlstric` stet.i division of West-
mirster 21,4 2SI. ; Hacl- ley•bre )k level, 3,957/. ;
Spit-'fields, &c., leve', 19,110/. ; delenitnge-street leve'
463/. ; rid Lower Wapping leve', 1,072/. The rates were
ordered to be made accordingly.
DEATH OF A WOMAN BY POlSON.—Yesterday in•
formation wrs forwr-ded to Mr. Walley, the coroner for
Middlesex, of the death of a woman of the name of Ellen
Harvey, aged 29, under the following circumstances:—lt
appeals that the dcoe• scd dat No. 13, St Helena-place,
Clerkenwell, end had had a qua :el with her husband about
some family Wails, and that out of bravado she had taken
nearly two ovnces of quicl-silver and tome other chemicrl
preparation, which bad been prep; -ed by her husband to r'e
in his bvsine 9. She was at once t"ken to the Royal Free
Hospital, where she wt 9 attench.d t o by Mr. G. F. Lane, the
house surgeon, but wi'hout success, for she lingered in great
agony, and expired, is above stntad, 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 Atatzon, aged 74 years, who
was run over and killed on Monday afternoon, August 23d,
while in the act of crossing the ca- flap way in Bishopsgate-
street. The jury said that the part in question was one of
the most dangerous for foot prssengers in the city of London
end after a brief consultation, they returns 1 tae following
verdict :—" That the deceased diea from cortein injuries to
the leic, leg, but how caused they had no satisfactory evidence
to show."

THE BOOT AND SHOE M &KERS' STRlKE.—Several
of the workmen connected with this dispute have arrein com-
menced work. some of the employets having yielded to the
tent s demanded by the workmen.
/1(1ILIT!4. DESERTIONS.—Yesterday Et li%t of foi ty-
six desei Lets from the different metropolitan reg;ments WVI
forwarded to Mr. Messer, the relieving officer of the Maiyle.
bone workhouse, in order that he might hand over to the
police any of the deserters who should apply for parochial
relief.
THE MURDERS NEAR STAFFORD. The inquest
iunpoonurtheoeiuyirictri
Ty yesterday, atrocious ale, which was reported
rhday, wrs onened on Monday night, hr.
fore Mr. Ward, coroner, at the Gate public.hovse,. Moss-pit.
Aier viewing the scene, end the crlcined remems of the
bcdier, the procce dines were adjoui Lied to Monday next, at
the White Lion Inn, Foretpidge. There is no possible doubt
of a most bidt?l murder haN Jig been committed, and !he
rcom se. on ti-e in which the old man slept—the wife being
brought down from the upper room and thrown across the
old men's body. The victims e-e Richard Blackburn, melt-
ster, and his wife, formerly of Forebridge, Stltrord, ag( d
about f 1.4 years each.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NORFOLK.—The
inv: stigation before the magistrates into the revolting case o:
attempted murder of a women on the Nolth Denney, a
secluded po.zion of the sands on the beach, to the nosh of
Yarmouth, by placing a pitch-rdrster over her face, and in-
fl;cting dread vl inju•es upon her person, was resumed yes-
terday at the Town-hi". At the close of the etpriy, the
Mayor addr( ised the prisoner, end KAI that the Bench were
unaffiwous in committing him to Not ich Castle for trial at
the next assizes, on a charge of attempting to suffocate and
murder Mary Ann Proudfoot
DREADFUL DEATH OF AN OCTOGENARIAN.—Mr,
e'n d s
ig nearlytor,
whichBo ye years, u andtred i
n the
Bedford, the coroner, held an inquesi yesterday, at St.
George's hospital, touching the death of Mrs. Mai.), Witham,,
/1y
residingtolaiotwNjoi.g
sli,nChurch-street.
,I‘.
Recur ed was very respectably connected and on Ff:day, the
7th instant, she wrs se,iing a letter, when she set fire to her
cloth: ^, and tumbled under the grate, in which condition she
Mrs. M'Clough, with whom she
wrs found by her landlady,
lodged, Medical assistance was immediately nrocured, but
cvee
I the 24th inst. Mr. Thompson,
ewedhaegreedsrflisnugbesreer
unnttl7 removed to S', George's Hos-
ouse surgeon, stated that she wrs severely burnt auout
pt thehite a
ldh,
the face, arms, and dust.— Verdict, " Ace:A.42W death."