The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME.
_ No. VII.

Gloriously does our comic iistorian proceed with
his task, and great does Leech show himself in his
new capacity of historical painter.

COLLECTED EDITION OF TILE WORKS
OF DOUGLAS JERROLD. Part Al.

In this part we have the continuation of " Men of
Character ;" it contains the conclusion of "John
Applejohn," and the whole of " Barnaby Palms, the
man who felt his way."

LIGHTS AND SHADES ON A TRA-
VELLER'S PATH. By James Robertson.
Hope, Marlborough-street.
There is some novelty in this volume. It is the
relation of various foreign adventures, met with by a
lady, but especially does it concern France. During
the memorable year of 1848 she resided in Paris, and
was therefore an eye-witness of the exciting and ex-
traordinary scenes which took place there.

THE VADE-MECUM OF FLY-FISHINGI
FOR TROUT. By G. P. R. Pulman.
This is an enlarged edition of a former work which
Mr. Pulman published some time since on the subject
of fly-fishing. In the present edition he has gone
much farther into detail, especially as regards arti-
ficial flies, which he but slightly noticed in his former
work. From the lengthened particulars with which
the author furnishes the reader concerning the habits,
tastes, and peculiarities of trout, he appears to be well
acquainted with his subject. In the chapter on arti-
ficial flies Mr. Pulman has endeavoured to explain as
fully as possible the process of their construction, and
has assisted the reader with some %ell drawn and
rods,
cleverly executed illustrations. His remarks on °o rbook is
reels, and lines are worthy of attEntion. T
well got up, and will doubtless prove both useful and
interesting to the general angler.

CABINET COUNCIL.—The Ministers will meet in
Cabinet Council on Tuesday next, at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street, summonses having been issued for some
time past. The Lord Chancellor, Lord John Russell. Lord
Carlisle, Lord Grey, Lord Palmerston, Lord Minto, Sir C.
Wood, and Lord Seymour are all in town. Sir George Grey
is expected to arrive in London on Monday, from the north.
Mr. Labouchere is expected on Tuesday, from Stoke Park.
Lord Lansdowne is expected on Monday, from Bowood Park,
Wiltshire. Lord Broughton, Lord Granville, Sir Francis
Baring, and Mr. Fox Maule, are expected to reach the me-
tropolis in the course of this day, in order to be present at
the meeting.

DONCASTER A PARLIAMENTARY Bonouau.--The
Town Council have, at the suggestion of Sir Isaac Morley,
agreed to petition Parliament, soliciting that the privilege
of sending a Member to the House of Commons may be ex-
tended to Doncaster.—Doncaster Gazette.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DE,VONFORT, FRIDAT.--Roiarnond steamer, COLII-
- Camphe!l, s,iled this JILL-noon for tht!, North
Ainerican and Nest India :itation, c.lliug t Lisbon
with some soperouineraris for the squadron there.
Sanspareil is still alongside the sheer hulk. She
has taken in ail her masts 81.1 d bowsprit. 'lbis day
she has taken in some part of her boilers, which are
heavy, one portion taken on board today weighing
above 19 tons.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY —The Asia, 84, was
brought down from her moorings into the old basin,
preparatory to being brought into the docks to be ex-
amined and have her defects repaired.
The Helena, 16, Commander Michael De Cuurcy,
was paid off into ordinary alongside the yard jetty on
Saturday.
The Fairy Royal yacht tender, and the Elfin dis-
patch steamer, have been to and from Osborne on al-
ternate days during the past week.
The Ascendant conviet•ship, Surgeon Superinten-
dent James Stiel, M.D., arrived at Spithend on
Thursday, and on Saturday she embarked an addi-
tional party of convicts from the Stirling Castle and
York prison ships, at this pert.
The Rapid, 8, Commander Diane, will go to
Spithead in the Early part of this week.
The Rev. R. Wilson, of the Impregnable, 104,
flag ship at D. von port, will succeed the Rev. J.
Kirby as chaplain of the Sheerness Dockyard ; and
the Rev. Josiah Thompson, of the Monarch, will
succeed Mr. Wilson in the la:pregnable.
The Waterloo, 120, is being expedited with 118 much
dispatch at Sheerness as that establishment can afford,
nearly two-thirds of
employed upon her, to
Chief. She is to proee get her ready far sea by the
end of December Orders
the whole force of the yard being
last to fit her for th
is to bear a lieutenant-
c reception of a Cummander-in-
edco
oi were received
Plymoutho f
Marines
ar ion s Mondayb
paid
d
advance and complete her mplement for sea. She
was forwarded from the Admiralty
his
commission
yesterday week,
officer. The appointment
and be took up Commander Dickson
entered on his duties. Captainnon
•Comtomander-in-Chief in
G.NNG'eudldnsemsdiathy
(theaod
flag captain. elect of the new
the Mediterranean) paid a visit
portse flag-
aterloo on
Tuesday, and left for town on thetrhrfeollNo7 day.
ship'scoi‘miupnadnyy,wo• were
teh me us
London,te mustered on
Lambert,
Theby
Captain
Ringiday,the 21st,
The Fox, 42, Commodore Lamb ship.
'nand on the East India station, wasc
intrli second in com-
iamond
Harbour, with the Serpent, 12, Commander Luard,
on the 6th ult. They were to remain there until. the
first week in December, and then sail for 1: men-
malee, where the Hermes steam-sloop, Commander
Fishbourne, was expected to meet them ; they would
all then sail in company for the Persian Gull ,taking
Bombay en route.
WooLwlcu, Nov. 29.—The Geyser steam-sloop,
Commander Edward Tatham, is to be paid off here on
Tuesday next, and her Commander, Edward Tatham,
is expected to commission the Fury steam-vessel im-
mediately after at this port. The Fury is nearly
ready for sea, and a number of the crew of the Geyser
have expressed their desire to serve again under Com-
mander Tatham in the Fury.
The Havannah, 19, Captain Erskine, is daily ex=
petted at Sheerness from New Zealand. Moorings
have been laid down for her at Sheerness, where she
is to be paid off.

The Garland, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant
Commander Wylde, has returned to Dover to resume
ber duties on that station.

STET. _ D
LT
The
EhNe
CUCIEOF ET T
urStE CoßfQAte.en,,
BTILELIANC,TIOsNATAuG
lIADIRAN
Bench have fixed upon Friday next as the day which
is to decide the fate of the World in the contest be-
Birch v. Sir William Somerville. The Attorney-
General and Mr. Brewster, Q C., are the champions
selected by the defendant to measure swords with
Messrs. Keogh and Whiteside, so that there is every
prospect of a war of tongues such as never raged
even within the walls of an Irish Nisi Prius Court.
The plot meanwhile thickens. It is stated by the
Evening Mail that at the instance of the plaintiff
summonses were yesterday served on Colonel Browne,
Chief Commissioner of Police, the lion. Major Pon-
sonby, of the Viceregal household, the proprietor of
the Evening Post, and Mr. Michael Staunton, col-
lector-general of rates and ex-proprietor of the de-
funct Weekly Register. The Mail also states that an
intimation has been given to the solicitor of Mr.
Birch, to the effect that it will be unnecessary to
serve Lord Clarendon with a subpana duces tecum, as
his Excellency means to attend as a witness on what-
ever day his presence may be necessary in court.

BALES OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES.

Mr. Baron Richards and Lis colleagues seem re-
solved not to rest on their oars and to show that so
fur as the power rests in them there shall be no longer
any just complaints of the law's delays. Yesterday
three properties of cousin rable magnitude were
brought under the judicial hammer, and at twelve
o'clock, the hour fixed for the commencement of bu-
siness, the court was filled widi speculators and other
parties interested in the proceedings. The estates put
up were respectively those of Sir George Goold, si-
tuate in the counties of Cork, Limerick, and Tippe-
rary, yielding a net rental of 3,658/. per annum ; the
Miuchin estates in Tipperar.> and the King's County,
yearly rental, 1,8651.; and the residue of the exten-
sive Galway estates of Viscount Gort, producing a
net profit rent of 3,5331. The estates of Mr. Min-
chin, which were first put tile found little or no favour,
as the biddings were either so few or so much below the
actual value of the lands that the Commissioners were
compelled to adjourn the sale. The Gort estates were
offered in 22 lots, a great portion of which consisted
of houses and public buildings iu the town of Gort.
Eighteen lots, yielding a gross rental of 2,2i01., were
disposed of, the sum realized being 24,500/. One of
the adjourned lots included the magnificent castle and
demesne of Loughcooter, for which 18,0001. was ten-
dered and rejected by the Court as altogether insuffi-
cient. The Goold estates were set up in 28 lots, and
although there was no want of bidders the amount was
in a great many instances far below the market value
of the property, consequently but 11 of the lots found
purchasers, the gross amount produced being 17,2251.
on a rental of 1,154/. The sum of 4,0001. was
offered and refused for the first lot of the
Cork estates, which embraced the mansion and
demesne of Oldcourt, the seat of the Goold
family. Several other sales are fixed for this day.
The estates of Mr. Bindon Scott, situate in the
counties of Clare and Kerry and in the city of Lime-
rick (a considerable portion of which consisted of
impropriate tithe rent charges), were offered for sale
yesterday, and, although the competition was tolerably
brisk, nearly all the heavy lots were held over for
another trial, in consequence of the insufficiency of
the biddings. What was disposed of produced only
3,3001., on a rental of 3911., the chief part of which
was composed of tithe rent-charges. It was stated that
the poor-rate on this latter frequently amounted to
55., 103., and 155. in the pound. The extensive Gal-
way and Mayo estates of Mr. Walter Lawrence were
set up in 14 lots, 10 of which, yielding a net profit
rental of about 1,6001. per annum, realised the sum of
20,550/. It was rumoured in court that some of this
property was purchased in trust for " his Grace the
Lord Archbishop of Tuam." The gross total BUM
produced by the day's sales amounted to 23,8451.

THE LATE SUDDEN DEATH AT THE BMWS...
SQUARE Tau:mum—On Saturday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held
an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, Camden
King, aged 38. James Spencer, foreman on
platform of the station, said that last Wednesday more.
tThoew n , on Mary
ing deceased came on the platform to go by the seven o'clock
traia to Liverpool. She was led towards the carriage, and
as she appeared very weak he approached to assist her, when
she sank to the earth and expired. Sarah Bircham, de-
ceased's landlady, said that deceased left her lodgings on
Wednesday morning in a cart for the railway train, with the
view of joining at Liverpool her husband, who was mate on
board the Delhi. She was so anxious to prepare for her
journey that she did not go to bed the preceding night. She
had not for some time taken any nourishment., and she had
barely sufficient money to carry her to Liverpool. Dr. Porter.
of Euston- square, opened the body, which was post ema-
ciated. There was no food in the stomach, and she died ,111.
a fainting fit produced by exhaustion. A verdict in Bee"'
ante with the medical evidence was returned.
renowned
HOOKEY WALKER.—The histor of theßes, is
simply
" Hookey 'Walker" as related by Mr. ,at Longman,
Clementi, Jonizera. —ngmart.
this .—John Walker was an outdoor.;
I, a great number of
Clementi, and Co.'s, in Cheapside,
Jack,"w
Spy upon their &terrine:
persons were employed; and 6. Oldo.a
or hooked nose, occupied the post
)1 course, it was for the ins
lions, which were
manifold.
dto throw discredit upon all J
who had a crooked
terests of the surveillants n .
heads of the rm , .
however true. Jack,
reports to the
fabrications,
reports were his evidence
outvoted, that those repo
was constantly
somehow or other,
disbelieved ; and thus the occupa-
tion_and numbers could atteat
of a Hookey Walker."—Notes
but not the fame
ceased,
superseded, and of course

theNG e
London asT W
and o L -
and Queries.
'ell ctilstifuteaPhngvELD I
North-
Westernitsind the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
ExTitteTnh
companies have begun to assume a serious aspect. Intelli-
gence was received in London last night, to the effect that
the Shrewsbury and Birm'ngham officials had taken forcible
possession of the station hitherto occupied by the London
and North-Western Company, whose clerks, fittings. Igc-,
have been turned out. The Stour Valley branch opens on
Monday, when a terrible row is anticipated.—Weekly
Dispatch.

.
DISPATCH OF THE NORTH MAIL FROM MANS
CHEsTEIL—We understand that, in consequence of a repte•
sentation made to the Postmaster. General of the incorite-
nisnt hour at which the afternoon north mails is at present
dispatched from Manchester, it has been promised that the
subject shall receive early consideration. The box
th's
hitherto been closed at a quarter to three o'clock, btuttb his
week the hour has been changed to a quarter-pa
enst toward
rew
We hope this alteration is only the first ins
some wrrangement that may afford greater
jfaschester Es-
to the commercial public of Laneaßhire•
=incr.
POLISH REVOLUTIONe...
ANNIVERSARY OF THZ atairnminodatiQll
Saturday, the 29th ult., being
th.l taWgreat number of refu-
geesPeOL enty.first anniversary
of the Polish Revolution of 183e0nd,
, in commemoration of
Roman Catholic Chapel, 11 85
resident in London
_au
uzdre a funeral service in the
who fell in the war of that national
those of their countrymenS
struggle.