The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The remains of the
Hon. Pownoll Fleetwood Pellew, First Lieutenant of
her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, were com-
mitted to the grave in the garrison churchyard this
morning. Viscount Exmouth was chief mourner;
the Hon. C. F. Pellew and Mr. Dick, relatives of the
deceased, also followed. The other mourners were
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenca and the subordinate
officers of the royal yacht—Mr. White, surgeon, Dr.
Whyte, staff surgeon, &c. Ten petty officers of th•
Victoria and Albert carried the coffin from the hearse
to the chapel and thence to the grave. The deceased
being a Freemason, a number of the brotherhood of
his lodge also followed. The funeral was a private
one, and the appointments were supplied byupstlerd.
Woods, military and naval outfitter, of the Hard,
Warden,
Portsea.
alongside
The Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., adjusted
her compasses to-day.
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ti nge t rhi
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gng ant:, m fShr
el g awt.es, ChaaPutlaidn
the sheer jetty on Tuesday to ship her guns, which
were removed previous to her emolbdasrmkaitthio:seonft theup
troops for the Cape.
The Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith,
her lower yards and topmasts to-day.

WARREN VALE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
ADJOURNED INQUEST.
RAWMARSH, NEAR ROTHERHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The
evidence of Mr.
.Morton, the Government inspector of
mines, adverted to in this paper yesterday, went to show
the cause of the explosion and the degree of blame at-
taching to the various managers and servants connected
with the colliery. In answer to a question from the
coroner he said he was clearly of opinion that the ex-
plosion
i was caused accidently by the fall of the roof in
the goat. in No. 3 bank, whioh fall drove out the gas
upon the workmen's lights.
Mr. Benjamin Byrabm, of Wentworth, who had been.
mineral agent to Earl Fitzwilliam for nearly twenty
Years, agreed in all material points with the evidence of
Mr. Morton. In this instance the gas was no doubt
fired by the fall of the roof. Ile could not impute
criminal blame to any one; but there seemed to have
been a laxity of discipline in examining and reporting
on the general state of the pit, arising, in his opinion,
from the belief that there was no inflammable gas in
the pit.
After the examination of other witnesses, the inquest
was adjourned to Friday.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The following members,
amongst many others, of haut ton, have already witnessed
the new pantomime of Harlequin Hogcith :—His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Monrose,
Count Walewski, the Earl of Glengall, Lord George Paget,
Lord Torrington, Lord George Lennox, Baroness Roether,
Lady Glentworth, Lady Eastlake, Sir George Wombell, the
lion. Fox Maule, the Hon. Horace Pitt, the lion. Mrs.
Cadogan, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Coke, the Chevalier
and Madame de Horta, Sir Charles Shakerley, Sir A. Ban-
nerman, Sir Charles Ibbotson, Sir John Lowther, Sir George
Armitage, Sir Henry Webb, Colonel Hunter Blair, Colonel
Ridley, Captain Innis, Captain Clarke, Captain Cooke
Captain Aitchison, Captain Neville, Captain Mowbray, Cap-
tain Allbury, Henry Baring, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Hoare,
Mrs. l'aulett, Mrs. Courtenay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Thistleth-
waite, Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. Bence, Mrs. Cour, M. Went-
worth Besile, &c.

THE REP. MR. BENNETT AND ST. BARNABAS.---
Not twelve months ago Mr. Bennett quitted St. Barnabas,
and quitted England. He has spent eight or nine months in
Roman Catholic countries, and much of the time in Rome
itself. Rumour relates that the sight of Italy and Spain is
not likely to detach him from the English communion. Mr.
Bennett has returned to England, and he has, it is said, at
the invitation of the trustees of the Marquis of Bath, ac-
cepted the living of Frome Selivood, in the diocese of Bath
and Well!,

NATIONAL 1?EFOR211 ASSOCIATION.
The fellorwing circular is to be issued this day by the
National Reform Association. It slates to the con-
ference which that association is aly,tit to convene:—
" Reform Conference.—National P.irlistrientary and
Financial Ref: irm Association.—Offices, 41, `.;baring-
cross, Jan. 1, 1852.—Dear Sir,—The council of the
National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Associa-
tion have eh cid, d upon convening a conference in Lon-
don, to which they invite the earnest friends of the cause
from every part of the United Kingdom. The necessity
and urgency of such a course will be apparent to all. It
is desirable that the introduction of a Ministerial mea-
sure of Parliamentary reform should be a matter of car-
tainty—thiat there should be such a manifestation of public
opinion as shall cause that measure to be radical and
complete. That means should be taken to secure its
success and to obviate the necessity for further agitation.
such are the objects sought in convening the conference,
and it is felt that at this important crisis ev.ry sincere
rtformt-r ustimate the value of imenedidte and united
eff_rts in 13;11-.1.1f of these objects. Your acknowledg-
ment, with the eirctunstancs of our locality in re-
ference to the reform cause, and the names of the per-
sons likely to attend the ceziferenev, r,ilt be esteemed.
Ie the app,datm.nt of deputations care should he tt,let.n
that the opinions of ail eLsscs are represeutc d. It is
thought the meeting of Pa:liauaent will be the most suit-
e.s:e time for the conference, but with tb:, precise period
you will be made acquainted.—(signal) J. WALMELEY."
T.

HE CONVICT MUTINY._ SEIZURE OF THE RING-
LEADERS.—The mutiny among the convicts at Woolwich
became quite intolerable betwixt 12 and one o'clock on Tues. dm; when they returned from their work in the dockyard to
take their dinner on board the Warrior convict-ship. They
no sooner entered the ship than they rushee down and took
possession of two of the decks, defying the guards or any of
the military to come near them, at the same time singing,
cheering, and swearing, and some who had got hold of pipes
and tobacco commenced smoking. The guards were threa-
tened in such a manner that they represented to Mr. Master-
mann that it would be dangerous to go out with the convicts
in the afternoon, if examples were not made of some of them.
Capt. the ion. Montagu Stopford, acting superintendent, was
immediately communicated with, and the aid of the guards of
the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines called on board, and
the guards in charge of the convicts, with drawn cutlasses,
went below and brought up and heavily ironed thirty-eight of
the most outrageous, and disarmed them of the knives, forks,
and sharpened files, of which they had by some means become
possessed. Twenty of the convicts were, in the course of the
afternoon, conveyed to London in the police vans sent down
to Woolwich for the purpose, and safely secured in Millbank
Penitentiary. The other eighteen were also heavily ironed
and taken on board the Wyr in the river.
BARBADOES RAILWAY,—The Master in Chancery
Blunt has called for the papers and evidence taken in this
matter connected with the charge of the official manager
against the trustees of the company's funds, with the view
of giving a decision on the subject in the beginning of the
present term.

There will be five Sundays in February next. A
similar event will occur after 28 years, viz., in 1880. After-
wards there will be no similar occurrence for forty years,
viz , 1920 ; because the year 1900 will not be leap year,
owing to the dropping of a day on the completion of each
century

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN PRUSSIA.—The three-
tors of the Royal Prussian Telegraph have just directed ten-
ders to be taken in the English market for a considerable
supply of wire for their telegraphs. It may not be generally
known that the Prussian system of telegraphs has been what
may be called " subhumous," or underground. This system,
owing to the want of the wires, as in this country, being
properly protected by pipes or gutta percha, has been found
not to answer, and the directors of the Royal Prussian Tele-
graph now propose, in order to place the wires beyond the
reach of the rats and mice that have hitherto destroyed
them, to fix them, as in this country, upon posts on the
route.

The National Public School Association have re-
ceived a letter, stating that the Premier will receive a de-
putation on Tuesday, the 6th instant, instead of on the 31st.
The deputation named includes Mr. Henry, M.P. ; Mr.
Milner Gibson, M.P.; and most of the leading members of
the Asscelation.
BANKERS' PRIZE Esser.—The prize of 1001. offered
in January last by James William Gilbert, Esq., F.R.S., of
the London
„and Westminster Bank, for the best essay upon
the Great Exhibition, in connexion with " Practical Bank-
ing," has been awarded to Mr. Granville Sharpe, accountant
in the East of England Bank at Norwich.

FIRE AND LOSS OF LlFE.—Last night at eight
o'clock, one of the inmates of No. 10, Great St. Andrew's-
street, Seven Dials, perceived smoke issuing from a back
room in the house, and immediately raised an alarm, when
Mr. Armfield, the landlord, on going up stairs, found Mary
Manton, aged 50, dressmaker, lying on the ground nearly
burnt to a cinder. The engines from Messrs. Combe and
Delafield were promptly on the spot, followed by the
London brigade, and a plentiful supply of water being
obtained the fire was extinguished, when the unfortunate
woman was removed in a shell to the workhouse. The
house surgeon was promptly in attendance, but all human
aid was in vain. It is supposed that the deceased woman
accidentally set fire to herself, as the candlestick was lying by
her side.

On Tuesday last the tradesmen who supplied Mr.
Thomas Masters, the confectioner, of Oxford-street and the
Great Exhibition, presented him with an elegant piece of
plate as a mark of their esteem and appreciation of his libe-
ral and honourable conduct towards them. The plate was
manufactured expressly by the eminent firm of Bowel' and
James, of Regent-street.

STAGE-COACH TALK.—The other day, by the way,
I was told an anecdote, which I think I must repeat, as it is
said to be an every-day occurrence in America. The scene
was a stage-coach, but I know not where. A sharp-nosed
man got into the coach at a small village, and immediately
began to question his fellow-passengers, obtaining no answer
whatever, for it seems they were all very sleepy. Presently,
however, a woman dressed in deep mourning entered the
dilligence, and was handed to a seat beside our friend. He
immediately attacked her. " Where may you be from? "
" State of Maine." " Lost a friend."—" Yes, two." " Was
they near friends?"—" Yes." " What was they?"—" Hue-
baud and brother." " Was they long sick?"—" .Not very."
"Did they leave you their chists (chests)?"—" Yes, they
did.", " Was they 'opefully pious?"—" I hope and trust they
were.' "Then if they left you their chists (of money) and
was 'opefipy pious, you bought to be very thankful—so you
hought ! ' —A Young Traveller's Journal of a Thar in North
and South America.

AIETEOPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.— Last evening a
public meeting of the inhabitants oAf
Andrew's-court,
Andrew's, Holborn,
was held at the Inquest-room, St.
Consrdew's-court, Holborn-
hill, fbr the purpose of taking into
str;e:raation the contem-
plated improvements in Farringdon-
S.
F.
.zdanitisiavinicitty,
as proposed by Mr. Charles Pearson ;
ettede subject.
churchwarden, in the chair. Severa gentlemeng connected
with the parish spoke warmly in favour of the scheme, which
it was considered would relieve the now overcharged
thoroughfares, shorten routes, remove nuisances, and greatly
facilitate business, besides being a great ornament to the
me-
tropolis. Resolutions in support of Mr. Pearson's planls•e
tthen r
aw carriedul, a unanimously,petio Ii
to
appointederWivaSedfrom is
Parliamentanda o onmt hmhei
1 WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—Prince Albert has
sig-
nified his commands that an extra week's holidays shouldbe
granted, as a mark of the satisfaction
visit to the Westminster I'lay, on Monday, the 2Ed ult.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
halfh-past
nes,enveeanr,
rancth
any serious consequences,
RAlLwsr.—Yesterday morning, about
accident, fortunately unattended 1) •
he Buckinghamshireo co:bi
Winslow station, by a train thean
trucks coming in contact
with the goods train from London.
train was much injured by the The engine of the goods
occurred on t
ascertain, no other injury le collision, but, so far As we can
and stokers escaped occurred to either train. The fire-
menaped unhurt.
THE INHABITED HOUSE DUTY.—Tuesday next is
Lion•square, fur the I Pea-daY
at the Sheriff's-office, Red
Holborn district, which extends to a
considerable distance, including
Com-
missioners of Assessed Camden •town, by the 'faxes, to hear objections to the new
house duty. The assessments are made on the rent or annual
value of the premises; on private houses 91., and on shops
6d. in the pound. According
to a note on the duty-paper,
the assessments are payable by instalments half-yearly;
viz., the 20th of September and 20th of March, or within
ten days; and if not paid the defaulters will be subjected to
Proceedings, and it they remove from the parish without dis-
charging the taxes due, or leaving sufficient goods whereon a
distress can be made, they will be
liable
to a penalty of 2 I.

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It has been the custom at Windsor Castle since
her Majesty's accession to the throne to celebrate the advent
of the new year by au evening paity and a musical treat of
a novel character. We find, by the rehearsal that took
place at Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, her
Majesty's excellent judgment and ta• to has directed her
choice on this occasion to the CEdipus of MendelFaohn, the
late highly-gifted composer of Elijah, Antigone, .Athalie, and
other much-admired compositions. The performance will
take place at eight o'clock, in the Waterloo Gallery, before
the Court, and her Majesty's illustrious guests. The illus-
trative verses are to be recited by Mr. Bartley. The or-
chestra will consist of her Majesty's private band, of the Elk
of the Sacred Harmonic Society, comprising Messrs. Bowley,
Brewer, Peacock, Mitchell, &c., with other gentlemen se-
lected from the musical establishment of the Italian Opera by
Grics.

DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER IN MILL-
BANK PRISON.—On Tuesday, Mr. Bedford held an inquest in
Millbank Prison, on the body of Elizabeth Ann Chambers,
aged sixty-four, the daughter of a deceased clergyman, and
a prisoner therein, under sentence of transportation for life.
The deceased, described as single, and whom the witnesses
styled a lady by birth, was highly respectably connected,
and formerly kept her carriage. On the 27th of June, 1850,
she was received into the above prison from Nerrgata, under
sentence of transportation for life, for forging and uttering,
and for a previous conviction. She was admitted as forty..
five years of age, but she subsequently stated to some ladies
who visited the prison that she was sixty-four. By her
own desire she was kept apart from other prisoners, and
would not see any relatives or acquaintances. She made no
complaint, but enjoyed good health up to the 15th of
August last, when, being ill, she was, removed into the in-
firmary, where she remained a fortnight. On the 28th of
October, suffering from loss of appetite and great debility,
she was re-admitted into the infirmary, in which she re-
mained gradually sinking till the afternoon of Sunday last
about five o'clock, when she died. Mr. Helps, assistant-
surgeon of the prison, said that the deceased while in the in-
firmary was supplied with
Shebrandy never, however, rallied, and
death two days before her was attacked with diarrhoea,
which hastened that . event. The deceased was very re-
served, but from the little conversation witness had had with
her he considered her to have been highly educated. On
making a post mortar examination of the body he found the
cause of death to be extensive disease of the lungs. The jury Ti '
returned a verdict of "Natural Death."

CHRISTMAS WAITS.—Red Republicans actively
waiti,,g—to prove the " perfect tranquillity" of France.
Cape Colonists passively Waiting—to see the last of the
Natir (and Sir harry Smith). Distressed Agriculturists
delusively `Waiting— the revival of their favourite old farce
of Protection." Louis Napoleon anxiously Waiting—the
dc'nouement of his not very successful tragedy, " Le coup
debut." The St. Alban's electors naturally Waiting—the
loss of their franchise. The public confidently
for a fare adjustment of the Cab Duty.—Punch.
NORTH Or FRANCE AND BOULOGNE:AND
RAILWAYS.—The authorities of these two companies an-
nounce that, as the administrative formalities for their amal-
gamation are not yet complete, the exchange of Boulogne
and Amiens shares for North of France bonds eannot take
place until early in this year. The dividend now payable
on the Boulogne and Amiens shares is at the rate of 7fr. SOO
per Bhue.