The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.—SALE OF ESTATES IN THE EN-
CUMBERED COURT.—The following is a return of the
total ..mount of sales in the Encumbered Estates Court,
from ihe opening of the commission until the 6th ins,.
(Friday last), when the court adjourned for the recess:—
(770 estates sold, in 1,964 lots.)
Court sales £4,715,257 10 0
Provincial sales ... 1,585 923 0 0
Private sales ... 999,555 12 81

Total sales £7,300.736 2 84
This amount far surpasses all calculations that had
been formed on the subject.

THE BERESFoRD BRIBERY CASE.

DERBY, MONDAY.—The legal gentlemen engaged in
preliminarily investigating the charge of bribery at
the late election in this borough have, it is said,
obtained a great deal of important evidence—among
other things a number of letters from the Secre-
tary at War, in addi i et to the one already before the
public, intimately connecting him with the recent
corruptions, and evidencing a very close intimacy be-
tween himself and Frail of Shrewsbury. The evidence
to be adduced before a commission of inquiry will
unfol t many interesting 'facts, not the least interest-
ing of which will be the manner in which the doings
of the corraptionists were brought to light. To show
that no efforts calculated to frustrate the " knavish
tricks" of their opponents were spared by the Libe
rats, we may observe that detectives from London, ob-
tained at their instigation, were in the town, both
during the election and for a week previous, disguised
as commercial travellers, and were located at the
hotels selected as headquarters by the Tory party.
Most of the men employed in bribing :the electors were
strangers from Nottingham and Liverpool, but chiefly
from the town last named, where it is believed they had
been practising their nefarious arts for some days pre-
viously in favour of Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie.
Mr. Foreshaw, Mr. U"rsfall'a solicitor, has for some
days been at the Ktng's Head Hotel in Derby, en-
deavouring to get up a counter cabs, but without
success, the Liberal party having throughout stea-
dily abstained from illegal methods of obtaining
votes. As soon as Sharrack, the man who impeached
itis
n
the Tory agents for having bribed him with two sove-
reigns, had finished giving his evidence, he was served
with the
notice required before recovering the penalty
lamnfiosed by the recent Act upon parties receiving bribes,
believed this foolish proceeding is likely to be
carriedcas
exposingregardless
m an oyf theo ft h
fact
eir thatown the
friendsplaintiffs ien the
-
tainty of
having
to contend with similar actions in re-
taliation.

LORD PALMERSTON IN IRELAND.—Lord Palmer-
ston arrived in Sligo
visited y,
Lady Palmerston and t
heTuesday evening, accompanied by
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Cowper, and
immediately on his arrival
'
our fine old Abbey, which,
go on
through his Lordship's libelit is now so great an orna-
ment to our town. Having
spent
eri the early part of Wednes-
day in visiting his numerous
attended a very full railway
meeatntry in and about Sligo, he
at half past three o'clock, when ilinilhe grand jury room,
Walker, Q.C.,
explained to his Lordship the great disadvantages likely to
result to the town and port of
sflgo
from
thinorthern line of railway connecting the
extension of
ports of Belfast
and Londonderry with Sligo, and ho , detrimental to the
interests of the town and county it would be if the offers
0
proposed by the late deputation were not acceded t . His
Lordship appeared fully to concur in Air. Walker's observa-
tions. His Lordship also expressed himself highly pleased
with the generally improved appearance of the town.
Sligo fournat
SECRETARYSHIP OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Captain Coddington, C.E., has retired from the secretaryship
of the Caledonian Railway. The Captain was appointed to
this important office four years ago, on aft engagement for 10
years, receiving for the first two a salary of 1,800/ per an-
num, and for the residue of the term 2,0001. per annum. We
understand he is to receive a solatium of 6,0001. for retiring
at this period.—North British Nail.