The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-03 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY TRANSPORT.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 2, 8 P.M.
The following telegram has been received from
Cork :
The Bombay was spoken at two p.m. on the
29th ult., in lat. 50.35 N., long. 15 W., under jury
masts, making good progress, and steering for the
English Channel. Wind nortii-west at the time."

THE WESTERN BANK.—We understand that the
amount paid of the £lOO call now exceeds £900,000, and
that several parties applying for suspensions of the call
have now agreed to pay with others, and considerable addi-
tions are expected by the liquidators. A petition has been
presented to the court for summary decree against a num-
ber of the contributaries. We are glad to say that those
best acquainted with the true state of matters in the bank
now entertain a very confident anticipation that, in any
event, no further calls upon the partners will be necessary.
—Daily Scotsman.

THE CONFESSIONAL.—The vestry of St. Pancras
have almost unanimously, and in a very large meeting of
the representative body, passed a resolution to send a peti-
tion to the Queen, based on the resolutions passed at the
great meeting at St. James's-hall, praying for the exercise
of her power in putting a stop to the doctrine of the confes-
sional in the Church of England. On the resolutions,
which had been forwarded by-Mr. Westerton, of Knights-
bridge, being read, Mr. Goodwin, a dissenter, moved the
appointment of a committee to draw up the petition, It
was seconded by Mr. Hearnden, and supported by Mr
Farrer and Mr. Flather, late-churchwardens, as well as the
present, Mr. W. Turner, Mr. 1-ba4lwni and Otilors,

DEATH OF TEE EARL OF
HADDINGTON.,

We regret to announce the demise of the Earl of
Haddington, K.T., who died on Wednesday at
Tyninghame-house, Haddingtonshire, after a short
illness. The venerable earl was attacked about ,
three weeks back with jaundice, from which he
never recovered. The deceased, Thomas Hamil-
ton, Earl of Haddington, Baron of Binning and
Byres, in the peerage of Scotland ; Baron
-Melrose, of Tyninghame, county Haddington, in
the peerage of the United Kingdom, was the only
son of Charles, eighth earl, by his marriage with
Lady Sophia ope, third daughter of the second
Earl of Hopetoun. He was, born June 21, 1780, and
married Nov. 13, 1802, Lady Maria Parker, only
surviving child of George, fourth Earl of Maccles-
field, who survives her husband. The late peer suc-
ceeded to the earldom on the death of his father in
1828. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford,
where he graduated B.A. in 1801, and M.A. in
1815. He sat in the House of Commons from 1818
to 1826, as representative for Rochester. On the
formation of the late Sir R. Peel's first admistra-
tion in Dec., 1834, his lordship was appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, which he held up to the
break up of the Government. When Sir Robert
Peel again took office in the autumn, 1841, his lord-
ship was selected for the post of First Lord of the
Admiralty, with a seat in the Ce.binet. He held that
office up to Jan., 1846, when he was made Lord
Privy Seal, and retained that position until the
final dissolution of the right hon. baronet's govern-
ment. His lordship, although opposed to the Reform
bill and other liberal measures of the Governments
of Earl Grey and Viscount Melbourne, adopted the
enlarged views of Sir R. Peel on the repeal of the
corn laws and the commercial reforms which fol-
lowed. Since the retirement of Sir R. Peel and
party from office the late earl has rarely interfered
in politics. In 1814 his lordship was made a privy
councillor, and in 1853 he was made a Knight of
the Order of the Thistle. He was hereditary
keeper of Holyrood Palace, one of the elder
brethren of the Trinity-house, a trustee of the
British and Hunterian Museums, and a deputy-
lieutenant of Haddingtonshire.
The earldom devolves upon Mr. George Baillie,
eldest son of the late Mr. George Baillie, of Jervis-
wood, N. 8., by Mary, youngest daughter of Sir
James Pringle, Bart., born April 14, 1802, and
married to Georgiana, daughter of the Venerable
Archdeacon Robert Markham.