The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-08 00:00:00

BERKSHIRE.

We have to record the death of this venerable noble-
man, who expired on the 4th inst , at his seat, Charlton,
near Malmesbury, county of Wilts, aged 75. The Noble
Lord was always distinguished for the peculiarity of his
attire, as he generally assumed that of a second-rate
farmer. The deceased peer, Thomas Howard, Earl of
Suffolk and Berkshire, Viscount Andover, and Baron
Howard, in the peerage of England, was the son of
John, fifteenth earl, by the daughter of John Gaskarth,
Esq. He married in January, 1303, the Hon. Eli-
zabeth Jane Dutton, eldest daughter of James, first
Lord Sherborne, and by that lady, who died in 1836, he
had issue 10 children, including a son, Viscount Ando-
ver, born in 1804, who succeeds to the titles and estates.
Another son, the Hon. James Kenneth Howard, M.P., is
married to a daughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord Suffolk was Colonel of the Wilts Militia. He suc-
ceeded his father in the title, &a., in 1820. In politics
the deceased was a Liberal, and took great interest in
agricultural pursuits, though not a Protectionist. This
title was created in 1603, and the first holder, a distin-
guished naval commander in the time of Elizabeth, was
son of Thomas, fourth Duke of Norfolk, who was be-
headed in 1572. He was first summoned to Parlia•
ment as Lord Howard de Walden, and became Lord
High Treasurer of England and K.G. His second son
was created Earl of Berkshire, and the course of events
subsequently united the two titles. The first Earl, it
should have been added, was ono of the number of per-
sons employed in the search about the houses of Parlia-
ment, which resulted in the arrest of Guy Fawkes.
Some of our journalists describe this family as Roman
Catholics, such not being the case. The name of Howard
formerly had a very Catholic sound i❑ England, but now
matters have changed. Even the Duke of Norfolk has
v.ithdrawn from the ancient faith. The Howards pre-
sent a numerous array in the peerage, the name being
ennobled in the titles of Norfolk, Effingham, Carlisle,
Wicklow, Suffolk, Howard de Walden. The name of
Ellis has latterly been adopted in connexion with the
latter.

Ex TENHVB REVENUE SEIZURE.—At Worship-
street, on Saturday, two rather respectable-looking young
men, named Jesse Carr and George Bloomfield, were charged
with an offence against the revenue laws, under the follow-
ing circumstances : —They had arrived at the Shoreditch
Railway terminus by a train from Essex, and were just leav-
ing it, one of them carrying a carpet-bag and the other a
basket, when Vanstone, an Aker of inland revenue, who
had been on the look out for them, asked them what their
bag and basket contained ? They replied, "Nothing parti-
cular," but in the bag he found a tin case and a bladder,
each containing a gallon of spirits, and in the basket .there
were two bladders, containing similar quantities, this whole
being British, and more than 50 per cent. above proof.
Having delivered into custody! the two prisoners, who
strongly asserted that they had been entrapped by other
parties, the officer, from what he learned from them, pro-
ceeded to Romford, where he obtained possession of other
quantities of spirits at Carr's residence, and then posting off
to a place seven miles beyond Rumford, he discovered on the
premises of au apparently respectable person a distillery
fitted up for the manufacture upon a very extensive scale,
with stills then in full operation, the whole of which be, of
course, seized. The defendants Carr and Bloomfield having
assured the magistrate that they were led into the offence
charged against them, and the officer having expressed his
belief of the truth of their statement, inasmuch as through
their information he had been enabled to make the seizure
ref erred to above, they were fined I Os. each and discharged.
STATUE 0E AcHILLE9.—For several days past a
number
ofbeen engagedAehilles, aitntHh eydlse-aspaaorfk
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southern
laying down an immense slab, which is said to have been a
of
side
workmen
of
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have
statue
prominent object in the Great Exhibition, to form an Mao-
trative approach to the colossal statue. An inscription has
been placed on this slab, in further honour of the Duke, but
the words are not allowed to be copied, such great secrecy
being observed that a large canvass tarpauling is fixed round
the statue to exclude all strangers, and it is generally under-
stood some slight ceremony will be observed when it is
which
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opened to tGheElpumbAliNc,
conclusion of a sermon delivered yesterday at the German
At the
Catholic Chapel, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City, in ele-
bration of the forty-second anal - •
N. ersary of its opening Car-
dinal Wiseman, after some remarks on the m - a -,of the
present chapel, announced to the congregationeantheasts the Re-
demptorist ,Fathers, who have the of this mission,
would immediately call upon them care . _
to subscribe to the erec-
tion of a new German church, which should be worthy of
their religion and country. The Cardinal said that the plan
was projected, and he hoped that the next time be addressed
them it would be in a new and beautiful church. The site of
• •
this church is not yet decided
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but it 15 likely to be in
Whitechapel, which
contains a large e
• mum population.
GENERAL ELECTION._SrocapOR T-- •
It is stated,
agn have determined
on unquestionable authority, that large
majority of the
borough liberal electors of this important rou
on requesting James Watts, -s,q•' on eminent merchant of
Manchester, to become a
candidate. for its representation at
Mr. Watts is an energetic,
straightforward,
the next general
election. Mr.
Reformer—a strenuous ad-
vocate to the extension * consistent
of the franchise, and also to the
general diffusion of leducationc among the people, and the sub-
teemed and respected
for the gaoler. He is highly
stitution of the schoolmaster by
all classes in the thickly-inha-
esed and influential district in which he resides.
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ETON COLLEOE• --THE! CHRISTMAS VIC/TIOX.--•
On Tuesday next, .
the 9th lust., the sixth and fifth form
OPPida" go ,
home. On Thursday, the 11th inst. the Lower
Collegersleave. The schools • 'dans and
Opp'
open on Monday, the 12th of January, 1852, being Plough
Monday. On 'Saturday, the I;th of January, the Collegers
and Lower Oppidaus return to Eton. The lower division
Opp 'dans return on Tuesday, the 20th of
January. The
middle and upper division return on Thursday, the 22d of
January, and on Saturday, the 24th of January, the sixth
form Oppidaus return, when the whole school will have as-
sembled.

FALL OF Two WABEHOUBEs IN THE ClTT.—Early
yesterday forenoon an alarming accident took place in Can-
non-street West, City,
by the falling of two new buildings,
situate at the corner of Bush-lane, opposite St. Swithin's
Church. The buildings, which were of considerable extent,
were in a line of the improvements going on in that locality.
They had just been erected by
Messrs. Prichard and Price,
Mr. Alderman Lawrence, the
builder ; and the proprietors,
upholsterers, were to take possession about Christmas. lh.at
remains of the buildings excites much surprise. The entire
roof, a pointed one, some sixty or seventyfeetlonge,
suspended, as it appears, on the back and gable n remains
suspended, walla.
breaking of an iron girder.
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The accident is supposed to have been occasioned by the

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complement of passengers for the season, a full cargo, and
the usual mails for the United States and the British Pro.