The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

LORD DERBY'S LAST.

The Prime , Minister of England has recently
bestowed a capital nickname on the ex-Foreign
Secretary, the Noble Earl having called Lord
PALMERSTON--4( DON PACIFICO 1"

and declares—amongst other things—the probability of
Rumour is busy just now in London,
theT Budget .b—eing ready by Friday next. No notice
of it appears on the House of Commons books.—Daily
HE BUDGET
not
News.

GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ELEOTIONEL—The Speaker
has, pursuant to the provisions of " The Election Peti-
tions Act, 1848," appointed M. T. Baines, Sir John
Trollope, J. E. Denison, Robert Palmer, T. H. S.
and W. Monsell, to be members of the general
committee of elections for the present session.
Sotheron,

ADJOURNMENT OF THE HODS E.—We understand that
it is at present intended that the adjournment for the
Christmas holidays shall take place on Friday week, the
10th December, and that the period of the adjournment
will be nine weeks, or until the middle of February.—
Advertiser.

The members of the Senior United Service Club gave
a sumptuous banquet, last evening, in Pall-mall, to the
general officers whose names have already been given,
sent over to this country to attend the funeral of the late
Duke of Wellington.
Ms Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge presided. There was a strong muster of the
members, amounting to 160, to meet the foreign generals.
SUPPOSED DEATH OF SIR MONTAGUE CHAPMAN, BART.
—Accounts have reached Dublin from Australia, which,
it is to be feared, leave little doubt that Sir Montague
Chapman, Bart late member for Westmeath, has
g
perished at sea, *ol' the coast, not far distant from Sydney.
REQUIEM FOR THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.—
Yesterday mornin a solemn mass, for the repose of the
soul of the deceased Earl of Shrewsbury, was celebrated
at the Roman Catholic church in the Westminster-road,
where the mortal remains of the earl have been lying
since their removal from Naples to this country. The
esteem in which the deceased earl was held by the Ro-
man Catholic body, for his piety, as well as for his muni-
ficence in the promotion of his faith, drew a large assem-
blage of persons, who, before the commencement of the
service, at eleven o'clock, filled the body of the church,
the aisles being also crowded by persons unable to find
room elsewhere.

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POLISH
ary o
of the
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Polish
revolution— Y ester-
of 1830-31, many Polish refugees, resident in London,
attended a funeral service in memory of those who fell
in that national struggle. Mass was said by the Rev.
G. Sta.siewicz, in the Roman Catholic chapel, Sutton-
gEßULAß2Y2craiTingiEvers
street, Soho-square.
PRINCE ALBERT AND THE MARYLEBONE FREE LI-
BRARY.—Prince Albert, in addition to permitting his
name to appear as patron of the Marylebone Free Li-
brary, has transmitted through the Hon. Col. Phipps to
Mr. Oliveira, the chairman, the munificent donation of
501. towards the establishment of that institution, thus
showing the lively sympathy evinced by his royal high-
ness in the improvement of the intellectual condition of
the working classes. This excellent example will, we
trust, be followed, in proportion to their means, by men
of all classes in the country. Every locality ought to
have its free library.

MONEY AND 00iVIMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool estimated at from
5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were
taken for speculation. The market closed heavily.
The sales comprised 420 Pernam and Maranham,
at 6-id. to 7fd. ;70 Bahia, at 6.2 d. to 61d. ; 3OO
Egyptian, at 6d. to 9d.: and 500 Surat, at 32d.
to 411 d. per lb., and the remainder nearly all Ameri-
can. Railway Shares were very firm, at reduced
rates.

The accounts from the United States represent
business as continuing good.
The following are extracts from the last letter
received from the Captain of the Wardy Yallock
Port Philip exploring party :
" Wardy Yallock, 14th August, 1852.—We are at
the present moment in precisely the same condition as
we were at the date of my last communication. Of all
the miserable weeks it has ever been my unfortunate lot
to spend, and their name is legion.' I never spent a
more wretched one. Except for a few hours on Tues-
day, it has been rain, rain, rain, from morning to night.
We have been confined to the tent the whole of the
time. Yesterday it blew a perfect hurricane for several
hours, and I had strong fears that our tent and we would
have parted company ; as it was several of the fastenings
gave way, and the ridge-pole bent almost double. We
secured it, however, and eventually our Bars subsided.
Towards the evening thunder was heard rumbling
through the air, accompanied with vivid flashes of
lightning. * * *
"It is well that we have something altogether supe-
rior to a pecuniary consideration, to induce us to face
the difficulties And undergo the hardships which we have
to encounter in prosecuting our search. No pecuniary
consideration, uninfluenced by higher motives, would I
should think induce any rational man to forego the com-
forts of home, and the society of his friends, for the
miserable d'scomforts of the bush. But we have a
higher motive to impel us forward, and that is, the de-
sire to benefit the town we inhabit, and, as a sequence,
to merit the thanks of our fellow-townsmen.

" I am anxiously waiting for the weather to change,
that we may recommence operations at Paterson's Cres-
cent. Depend upon it, that is the place where success
will smile upon us. We managed to get there for a
short time on Tuesday ; one hole was full of water, 9
feet deep. We bailed it out and got up a few large stones,
when the rain warned us again to depart. I washed
one tin dish, and obtained twenty nice bits of gold.
As we go down, the gold gets heavier, which is a pro-
mising sign.

"To the Secretary of the Gold
Exploration Company."

" H. SWINDELLS.

The English Stock Market remains rather
heavy, but there is no reaction in prices. The ill-
ness of the Chancellor of the Exchequer renders
it probable that the Budget may be postponed,
and this is one cause of the disinclination to enter
into speculative transactions. The general belief
is that an increased property-tax is to be imposed,
and some parties point specially to rail-
ways as being exposed to a larger impost.
It is inferred, however, that the enquiries
making as to the capitals of lines their incomes,
&c., merely form part of a general scheme for the
taxation of fixed property, supposing such to be
entertained by Mr. Disraeli. The income of the
country being raised, an expectation prevails that
duties upon various articles will be reduced, and
the tea trade are still rather sanguine, al-
though their case is certainly a doubtful one,
considering that, with the present Ministry the
agricultural interest is to have the preference.
Consols have been 101* to k for transfer and ac-
count. Bank Stock is steady at 222 i, and India
Stock flatter. at 275. Exchequer Bills of March
are at 70s. to 735. premium, and India Bonds at
80s. premium. The New 34 per Cents. have ie-
alised 1031
The Foreign Securitics have been much dealt in,
and the settlement of the account occupies atten-
tion almost exclusively. The Turkish Loan is
nominally 1k to 1/ prem.; the holders are much
disheartened at their prospects after Lord Malmes-
bury's reply, and the paltry offer of the capital and
5 per cent. interest made to them, through
him, by the Ottoman Government. Mexican
Bonds are steady at 25. Equador Stock
looks well again, being 5 to Brazilian
New Bonds have been 97i. Grenada Deferred
are 11/ to -1. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 511
to 52, and the Deferred 24k. The Certificate is 3
to k.
The settlement of the railway share account has
occupied attention to the exclusion of new dealings,
and prices are variable accordingly. Aberdeen
have been as high as 35, and North Western,
South Eastern, and York and North Midland are
higher. French shares are firm, though quiet. _

-Gold mines are still in request at the advanced
rates. Banks are good, but dull. Australian
Agricultural Company are improving.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock 2221
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... ..... 100 i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOl4 4 ,14
New 34 per Cent. Annuities ..........
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6i 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860

India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO BO 2
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities llOl
Consols for Account lOl i
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£1000................ ...................... 73 70 70 369 72
£5OO —
Small —
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Austrian Scrip, 5 per Cent lO
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.

Ditto 4a per Cent 97
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lo2_
Buenas Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —.
Ditto for the Account 75
Equador Bonds 5 a
Grenada Bonds, 1a per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lli I i
Mexican 3 per Cent. 25
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64,
Portuguese 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account ,
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 52 1/
Ditto for the Account sli
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 2lk
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3/ a pp
c
Swedish Loan IR i d
Belgian Bonds, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25fr lOO
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 65/

THREE O'CLOCK.
Console lol* *
Ditto Account, Dec. 9

TEE ROYAL ACADENY.—Her Majesty, as the head of
the Royal Academy, has backed the petition to that
body of the engravers, with the gracious reccommenda-
tion of their prayer ; and the Forty, in obedience to
royal wishes, and in compliance, doubtless, with their
own sense of the justice of the demand, have, we be-
lieve, consented to admit a certain number of engravers
(to be hereafter determined on) to the full honours of
the academy. Thus, after nearly 90 years of heart-
burnings, this grievance is removed—and the little stool
in the ante-room which Woollett contemned, will be
changed for a, morocco chair in the midst of the Forty.--
Ath,enceum.

GREAT Issue OF NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—The very
large number of upwards of 2,000,000 newspaper stamps
were issued last week to supply the immense demand for
copies of the papers containing the account of the pre-
parations for and the funeral of the late Duke of Wel-
lington. The number of stamps issued last week has
far exceeded the number ever required in one week under
any circumstances, although large numbers had been
issued in the same period of time during the railway
mania of 1845, during the French revolution, and the
Great Exhibition.

PERUVIAN BONDS.—Rumours have for some days
been current of a movement on the part of some of the
more influential Peruvian bondholders, having for its
object to obtain from the government of the Republic
certain terms for a new conversion of the debt. Ac-
cording to report, the terms proposed are 1251., in Four-
and-a-Half per Cent. stock for every 1001. of the present
Active Bonds ; and 751. in Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
stock for every 1001. of the present Deferred debt.
THE TEA TRADE.—The deliveries of tea in London
last week were 583,1051 b., being 119,0001 b. more than
in the previous week, when, however, the quantity was
short.

BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - The sixteenth
anniversary meeting was held last evening; Dr. J. E.
Gray, F.R.S., president, in the chair. Mr. G. E.
Dennes, the secretary, read the report of the council,
from which it appeared that fourteen new members had
been elected during the year, and that the society con-
sisted of 302 members. The distribution of British and
foreign specimens had been carried on with great suc-
cess, and many thousands of specimens received for dis-
tribution in January next, and the appointment of a cu-
rator, had greatly facilitated these important objects ;
many valuable works had been presented to the library.
The report was unanimously adopted, after which a
ballot took place for the council, when the chairman was
re-elected president ; Mr. J. Ball, M.P., Mr. F. P,
Pascoe, F.L.S., and Mr. J. T. Syme, were elected new
;
members of the council.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWAY'S PILLS a safe and
certain Cure for Coughs, Colds, and Asthmatical Corn-
plaints.—The autumnal quarter is the season when
coughs, colds, and wheezings on the chest are most pre-
valent. Such are the properties of Holloway's Pills,
that if taken at the commencement of the attack, the
virulence of the disease is very much abated, and the
patient thereby suffers little or no inconvenience, but if
neglected it frequently occurs that the foundation of in-
curable disorders are laid ; therefore let those who are
liable to attacks of this nature try these invaluable Pills,
and they are particularly recommended to those who are
afflicted with asthmas and diseases of the chest.—Sold
by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish-
ment, 244, Strand, London.

NEW LAW ON THE PRESS.—The Attorney-General last
night said he proposed to move for leave to bring in a
bill to amend the law relating to the stamp duty on
newspapers. Has this proposition anything to do with
the ,prosecution now pending against the "Household
Narrative" of Mr. Charles Dickens ?—Doily New.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT DRDRY-LANE THEATRE.

William Wilkinson, aged 21, and William Gray, aged
22, two respectably-dressed young men, charged with
stealing a silver watch of the value of 51., the property
of Henry Clark, and the latter with unlawfully attempt-
ing to steal the same, pleaded not guilty.
It appeared, from the evidence of the prosecutor and
an inspector of police, that on the night of the 21st of
this month Mr. Clark was coming out of Drury-lane
Theatre, when the inspector, who was in the crowd, saw
the prisoner Wilkinson put his arm round Mr. Clark's
waist, and attempt to take his watch. Shortly after this
he again saw the prosecutor's watch attempted to be
taken, and on this occasion it was again by the prisoner
Wilkinson. He followed in the wake of the prosecutor,
and the prisoner Wilkinson made another attempt, and
this time succeeded in getting the watch from his waist-
coat pocket, but without breaking the guard. When
the second attempt was made Gray was some distance
in advance of Wilkinson, and turned round and said
" Come on." When at the, station, they denied ever
having seen each other.

Mr. Repton, who appeared for the prisoner Gray,
made an eloquent appeal to the jury, and contended that
he had not assisted the other prisoner ; and the fact of
his turning round and saying " Come on" showed that
he was leaving the theatre as fast as the circumstances
would permit.
The prisoner Wilkinson, in defence, stated that he
knew nothing at all about the charge.

The Assistant-Judge summed up at some length, when
the jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prison-
ers ; and they, having been several times before con-
victed, the learned Assistant-Judge stated that he was
sorry he could not send them out of the country. The
sentence of the Court was that they be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months in the House
of Correction.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)

IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO THE LIABILITY OF A MINOR

UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

This was a summons under the Debtor Traders Act,
and defendant was called upon to pay the debt claimed,
or, in case of not doing so, or showing cause to the con-
trary, proceedings in bankruptcy might be taken.
Mr. Chidley, of Gresham-street, appeared for the cre-
ditor, and Mr. Sturgeon as counsel for the debtor.
Mr. Sturgeon took an objection, that at the time the
party summoned contracted the debt he was a minor,
and quoted authorities to show that any person who
sued out proceedings in bankruptcy would be guilty of
contempt of Court.

Mr. Chidley said he would not waste time in discussing
that point ; for in the first place the debtor was now of
age, and in the next, that these were not proceedings in
bankruptcy, but preliminary to them, or proceedings at
law ; all that he now required was that the debtor should
admit or deny the debt.
Mr. Sturgeon said he certainly denied the debt, and
also the jurisdiction of the court to enter into the case. .
His Honour said that the party summoned was now of
age ; the question of minority could not be tried before
him, and whether the debt was legally contracted or not
was for a jury to decide—the party was now fully before
the court, and must answer the claim one way or the
other.

Mr. Sturgeon then said the usual affidavit would be
made, and leave the creditor to take ulterior proceedings.

ELECTION PETITIONS.

The following is a list
against :

46 MINI

Astell, J. H.
Bagge, W.
Bateson, T.
Bentinck, G. P.
Booker, T. W.
Booth, Sir R. G.
Bremridge, R.
Brisco, M.
Butt, I.
Dodd, G.
Ducane, C.
Fraser, Sir W. A.
George, J.
Gipps, H. P.
Grogan, E.
Hamilton, J. H.
Hanbury, Hon. S. B.
Heathcote, G. H.
Herbert, Sir T.
Hill, Lord A. E.
Horsfall, T. B.
Johnstone, Hon. H. B.
Ker, D. S.

74 Oro

of 120 members petitioned

Aglionby, H. A.
Alcock, T.
Armstrong, R.
Ball, J.
Barnes, T.
Bass, M. T.
Bell, J.
Bland, L. H.
Boyle, Hon. Colonel
Brady, J.
Carter, S.
Challis, Alderman
Chaplin, W. J.
Clay, J.
Clifford, H. M.
Cockburn, Sir A. E.
Collier, R. P.
Crook, J.
Dent, J. D.
Duffy, C.'G.
Eccles, W.
Esmonde, J.
Fagan, W.
Ferguson, J.
Fitzgerald, J. D.
Fitzgerald, Sir. J. F.
Forster, M.
Gardner, R.
Goderich, Viscount
Gower, Hon. F. L.
Graham, Right Hon. Sir J.
Henchy, D. O'Connor
Higgins, G. G. 0.
Kennedy, Tristram
Keogh, W.
King, Hon. P. J. Locke
Lawless, Hon. Cecil

* These recognizances were )esterday declared iniormal.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Hon. Captain Duncombe, M.P., has returned to
the Admiralty.

Commander E. P. Charlewood has been re-appointed
to the coast-guard service for another two years.

Chaplain.--The Rev. H. F. Edgell has been appointed
to the Agamemnon, 91, at Sheerness.
Master.—William Stanton (1852 to the Horatio, 22,
screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness, for service, in
charge of the Driver, steam-sloop. .
Paymaster.—William L. Norcock (1843) to the
Vulture.

Chief Engineer.—Ralph Thomas Teelor.
Mate.—Henry Charles Burleigh (1851) re-appointed
to the Bermuda, schooner, West Indies.

Assistant Surgeon.—James Campbell (1845), re-
appointed to the Bermuda, schooner.

Second Master.—Augustus F. Mugford (1848), to
the Monarch ; Edward-A. Carey, re-appointed 'acting
master to Bermuda.

Clerk in Charge.—Richard D. Hore (1848), re-ap-
pointed to the Bermuda. _ _

Clerk.—J. T. M. Lyon, to the Impregnable, flag-ship,
D evonport.
Midshipman.—James Stewart, to the Sidon, steam-
frigate, Portsmouth.
Clerk's Assistant.—W. G. N. Burney, to the Arrogant,
46, screw-frigate, Portsmouth.

Lord Dudley Stuart, the Vicar-General, and Mr. Bul-
keley Hughes, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Secre-
tary Walpole, at the Home-office.

A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.—Lord Brougham, previ-
ous to his departure for his chateau in the south of
France, on Friday last, was entertained the preceding
evening at dinner by the Prince President, at the Royal
Palace of St. Cloud. Several of the Ministers of State
were present to meet the noble and learned baron, who
attended the sitting of the Corps Legislatif the same day.
1 MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.—Exeter was
terrified on Friday morning by the report that W.
Wreford, Esq., of Clannaborough, had been found mur-
dered near the Canal Basin last evening. He had 871.
with him in notes and cheques in the afternoon, but not
a shilling was found on him when the body was dis-
covered. It appears that about a quarter before six the
same afternoon, a tall elderley gentleman, with a cloak,
and carrying a stick and umbrella, was noticed by some
men working at the new gas works, at the Exeter Basin,
to pass down the road in front of the gas works, in the
direction of the Haven Banks. Several yards behind
the gentleman, a female was seen. She was supposed
by her appearance to be a country girl. Her dress in-
dicated rather humble circumstances. It was noticed
that her gown was pulled over her shoulders to protect
her from the rain ; she wore an ordinary worsted
shawl. About ten minutes after this, Mr. Stamp, a car-
penter, who has a workshop and yard close adjoining,
heard a female screaming. He ran out, and saw a
woman, who, there can be no doubt, was the same
female who had been noticed by the men at the gas-
works. She cried out that her uncle was in the water,
and appeared to be in great distress. Stamp instantly
got his grapling irons ; other men came to his assistance.
At the first throw, the cloak was hauled out, and within
a very few minutes a lifeless body was taken out, which
proved to be that of the deceased. There are some cir-
cumstances still to be disclosed, which seemed to indi-
cate that the death was not accidental, but that a foul
murder has been perpetrated. The woman who was
seen following the deceased, who gave the alarm, and
who stated that deceased was her uncle, accompanied
the corpse to Powlesland, and there affected to be over-
whelmed with grief, and succeeded in making her escape.
She has not been heard of since.