The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-19 00:00:00

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SUN OFF 10E, Seven o' Clock.

TA TTERSALL'S.—T HIS EVENING.
Six o'cLocx.

Nothing doing.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

The following extract from a letter dated Hong Kong,
March 28, is not without interest to the public :
"There have been here no less than 37 whalers from
the Arctic seas. It may interest you to know, that they
almost all believe that Sir John Franklin is safe, and
that he has got through the ice barrier into inner waters,
here he will not be reached until a mild season arrives,
which they say the present will be. Most of them have
now departed. They say Franklin will not suffer for
want of food. They give strange accounts of the Dqui-
maux vibrating from the Asiatic to the American conti-
nent and back again, carrying their boats, made of skins
and whalebone, over the ice, and launching them when
they meet with open water. They ail confirm the fact
that the whales found in the Behring's Straits and in
Baffin's Bay aro the same epecies, proving the existence
of a passage ; for a whale of th© Arctic species, they say,
has never been seen to the south of 22 deg. of latitude,
so they cannot have doubled either of the Capes (of
Good Hope or Cape Horn), and the whale is under the
necessity of making his presence known by coming to
the surface to blow."

IMPERIAL PARLI AMEN T.
(THIS DAY.)

lIOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER
PRI too
VATE BUSINESSk the Chair at Twelve o'clock,
The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway,
Londonderry and Enniskillm Railway.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed .
Great Western, Shrewsbury, and Birmingham, Shrews-
bury and Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford, Birken-
head, Lancashire. and Cheshire Junction, and Here-
ford, Ross, and Gloucester Reilway Companies.
Greenfield and Shepley Lino Head Road.
Kirkby Stephen and Hawes Road.
Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway.
Leek and Hasson and Nliddlehills and Buxton Road.
Wakefield and Denby Dale Road.
Worcester and liereford Railway.
Macclesfield and Beaton Road.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to :
Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amal-
gamation.
Limerick Improvement and Merket.
Manchester," Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (N 0.2.)
Marsden, Gisburne, and Long Preston Reads.
PETITIONS.
Sir R. IL INGLIS presented a petition from West-
minster against the Maynooth grant.
Mr. DUNFORD presented a similar petition from
Oldham.
Mr. JONES presented a petition from a place in
Wales, praying the House to iestitute an inquiry into
the cause and effects of ioterep,runco.
Colonel PEEL pecsented a petition from Huntingdon
against the Maynooth grant.
Mr. COWAN presented a similar petition from Eciin-
burgh, and a petition from the same place against the
Militia Bill.
Mr. PACK and Mr. HENLEY presented petitions in
favour of ocean penny postage.
Mr. W. LOCIC.ii ART presented a petition from
Argyleshire against the Maynooth grant.
The Marquis of BLANDFORD presented a shriller
petition from South Shielde, and another from South-
wark. _

Mr. P. 130 WARD presented two potitiona from
places iu Northumberlard against the Charitable Trusts
Bill.

NOTICES OF MOTION.

Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that on the 6th of June he
should move-for leave to bring in a Bill to extend tho
el,!ctoral franchise to persons roalified by education or
residence.

Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that on the 15th of
June ho should submit a rnoticn to the House on the
subject o the rec,:nt presents ion to the vicarage of
Fru me.

BUR ‘, "ESE WAR.

In reply to Sir

fIEitRIES said he shoull'be prepari:d shortly to
lay on the table of the Howe the paps-ms relating to the
Burmese war. It *a untrue that hostilities had already
commenced, or that the expedition which the Governor-
General had contemplated had been abandoned. It was
dispatched in due course, and was to have arrived on the
Ist of April.