The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-15 00:00:00

'AIL WAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN P.4I2LIAZEN7. On Tuesday, on the conclusion of the engineering and general evidence, the committee passed the bill of the Mid Kent and Addiscombe Railway, the Brighton Company having withdrawn their oppo sition, reserving it for the commitee of the Lords. The clauses of the London and North Western Company's Additional Powers Bill having been settled, the committee intimated that they would proceed with the hearing of the Stafford and lit toxeter Company's Bill. The opposition case of the London and North Western Railway against the Wellington, Drayton, and Newcastle, and West Cheshire Railway Companies, was concluded, and the proceedings are still pending in the Radstock and Keynsham, West Riding, and Edinburgh and Glasgow committees. The following went through in committee on unopposed bills. Metropolitan and Thames Valley Railway, for branch lines between Brentford, Southall, Twi c k en h am, Islewertb, and Chertsey, and uniting the Gmat Western and South Western Itlilways, and to raisa £333,000; North-Eastern, for a line of 10 miles between Market Weighton and Beverley, and to raise £177,000; West Midland and Severn Valley Railway, for alteration in the terms of the lease of the Severn Valley, and for the exercise of its borrowing powers by the West Midland ; Hor sham, Dorking, and Leatherhead, for a line of 13 miles from the Brighton Railway at Horsham to the South - Eastern at Dorking and to raise £160,000; Hatfield and St. Alban's, for extensions between these points, and to form junctions with the Great Northern and London and North-Western, and to raise £93,000, the Great Northern subscribing £20,000; Dublin and Meath, to raise a further sum of £60,000. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—On Tuesday the committee of the House of Commons, of which Mr. Cowper is chairman, appointed to inquire into the merits of the bill for embanking the north side of the river Thames from Westminster to Blackfriars bridge, and for making new streets in and near thereto, and from Blackfriars-bridge to the Man sion -house, met in committee room No. 13. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Q.C., opened the case for the bill at considerable length, but as the subject mat ter of it is so well known to the public it is unne cessary to refer to it further than to say that the bill proposed the appointment of a Thames Embank ment Board, to consist of four members of the Me tropolitan Board of Works and two of the City Corporation, to construct the embankment, together with a public roadway, 100 feet wide, from West minster-bridge to the eastern boundary of the Inner Temple, and 70 feet wide from thence to Black friars-bridge, with all necessary approaches, with three streets from Blackfriars-bridge, communicat ing with Surrey-Street, Norfolk-street, and Arun del -street ; also a street 70 feet wide from Black friars-bridge to the Poultry and Mansion-house, with continuous thoroughfares from Wellington street, 'Waterloo-bridge, to Hungerford-market, through the Adelphi, and passing through White hall, terminating opposite the Horse Guards. Lands reclaimed from the river are to be appropriated for public walks and gardens, and the board, with con sent of the Treasury, may borrow £1,500,000. The annual accounts to be audited and laid before Parliament under the designation of the Thames Embankment Fund. The works to be approved of by the Admiralty and Commissioners of Woods and Works. Mr. H. Scott, Q.C., appeared for the Metro politan Board of Works, the City Gas Works, and the Duke of Buccleuch; and Mr. Calvert, Q.C., and others, for the Duke of Northumberland, the crown lessees, the benchers of the Temple, wharfingers, and owners of property not in opposition to the public principle involved in the bill, but for the in sertion of clauses protective of their properties and interests. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the chairman of the Thames Embankment Commission, was the first witness examined, and gave evidence in favour of the bill, and the committee adjourned to this. Yesterday the committee on the bill for the amal gamation of the Eastern Counties and other compa• vies reported that they had considered the bill, and had found its preamble proved, that the certificate of the Board of Trade had been laid before them, showing that each of the companies, the Eastern Counties, East Anglian, Norfolk, Eastern Union, and Newmarket, had paid up and expended more than one-half of their respective capitals. The com mittee found that in 1354 an agreement was entered into between the Eastern Counties, Norfolk, and Eastern Union Companies, by which the undertak ings of the two latter companies were to be worked by the Eastern Counties, and thegross joint receipts of the three companies, subject to certain deductions were to be divided between them in the proportion of five-sevenths to the Eastern Counties, one-seventh to the Norfolk, and one -seventh to the Eastern Union, and that such agreement was confirmed, and the Eastern Counties were required to apply to Par liament in the present session for an act to amalga mate the company upon the basis of a division of profits. The committee further report that the amount of fixed charges on the several undertak ings of the three companies varies considerably, and that in consequence the rate of dividend on the ordinary stooks of the companies differs in amount, and that in order to effect an amalgama tion upon the basis required by the act, and in a manner that shall be practicable and equitable and fair to all the parties concerned, the committee had found it necessary to fix the total nominal amount of the capital of the new company to be amalgamated at a higher sum than the aggregate amount of the capital of the various companies parties to the amalgamation. The proposal to build and use steam vessels by the new company was not, the committee added, proved to their satisfaction. The bill, as it came from the committee, is now re printed prior to its introduction to the House of Lords, where the Eastern Union, who dissent from its provisions, will oppose it. The bill in its amended f orm provides that as regards the Eastern Counties, E a stern Union, and Norfolk, the amalgamation shall be formed by a fusion of all the stocks, the quantity of st o ck assig ned to each compa n y b e i ng measured by the fixed liabilities affecting it, that all the fixed lia bilities and preference shares shall attach to the amalgamated company, and that the quantity of ordinary stock shall be apportioned among the three Companies in their respective ratios, and a similar arrangement applies to the other companies amal gamating. Yesterday, during the progress of the opposition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire to the West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby Railway, the committee cleared the r oom, and on the readmission of the parties, Mr. Puller, the chairman, intimated that unless counsel for the opposition could bring for w trd stronger evidence the committee were of opinion that Great Grimsby was a port of consider able importance, and adjourned. The case of the proposed amalga m al of the North Eastern and Newcastle and Carlislo Railways was opened by Mr. Denison, Q C., awl opposed by Mr. Mere wether and Mr. Webster for the London and North Western, several witnesses for the bill being exa mined. The Team Valley E a t e nsloes bia of the North Eastern Railway was finally di s posed of, the lietton Colliery Company refusing the clauses offered a n d reserving their opposition for the Lords. The case of the Radstock and Keynsham was concluded in Mr. Adair's committee, and Mr. Hope Scott Will sum up the proceedi ngs t o -d a y. Th e W e lli ngton a nd N ew . c tstle, and Edi n b urg h an d Gl asgow bills are still under consideration. The committees on the Liver pool Water bill, and Middle Level Drainage bill are still occupied, with evidence on the merits of those measures. THE THAMES EMS AN KM ENT.—The committee re assembled yesterday, Mr. Cowper in the chair, when Capt. Borstal, secretary to the Thames Con servancy ; Mr. D. W. Harvey, commi ss i oner o f t h e city police, and Sir It. Mayne, commissioner of the metropolitan police, were examined at considerable length, their evidence being in favour of the pro posed embankment, and of the opening of new thoroughfares, to meet the greatly increasing trade and traffic of the metropolis: The last witness threw out a new suggestion, to the effect that the communication from the embankment and Cannon-street, should be continued up to Wm_ breek, the western side of which should be removed and the 'new thoroughfare runs right up to the Mansion-house, instead of carrying the communi cation, as was now proposed, at great expense dia gonally, and thereby avoiding the demolition and removal of a number of new warehouses and offices recently erected. The committee, after a roc-exa mination of the Lord Mayor, adjourned to this day. AMERICAN NEWS. Baton Rouge, which has surrendered to the Federal gunboats, very much, no doubt, as New Orleans has done, is a place of considerable conse quence, situated on the left bank of the river, and about 120 miles above the latter place. Baton Rouge, so called from a red pole that marked the boundary between the red man's territory and the acquisitions of the whites in former days, is the State capital. It contained a United States arsenal, which was seized by the State, and is the site of an extensive prison and the State lunatic asylum, It political tendencies may be estimated by the fact that, out of a population furnishing 1,300 voters at the last election, no less than 875 men entered the ranks of the Confederate army when 'it took the field, and more than 240 enrolled themselves as a home guard. The next place of consequence on the Mississippi is Natchez, and above that lies Vicksburg. Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans lie the great plantations belong ing to ardent Secessionists, with only one exception perhaps. Here are the estates of the Mannings and Wade Hamptons, of South Carolina, of Bringer, Kenner, Burnside, Duncan, Governor Roman, and others, vast tracts of sugar fields covered with ' costly machinery, and mills for crushing, boiling, and refining, and negro quarters, all facing the river in sections, and bounded at the back by swamps, bayous, and dense forests. These gentle men will, no doubt, follow the example of the autho rities, and submit to force majeure. If Gen. Butler is wise—and there are some vat) doubt he is—he will keep his men out of the city, but, under any circumstances, there must be danger in the position of any force, naval or military, near and in such a place as New Orleans, unless they be maintained in strength. It will be curious to watch the conduct of the negroes, of whom there must be some 60,000 or 70,000 in and about the city. Who ever they were who expressed joy at the sight of the " old flag" and were fired upon according to Commodore Farragut, it is tolerably certain they were not negroes. To them the stars and stripes are associated only with the extension of slavery, and the sight of the banner under which they have been specially oppressed would give them no joy. That there may be thousands of Union men in New Orleans is likely just as there are Chartists in Lon don and Orleanists and Legitimists in Paris—but the Mayor expressed in his defiant and courageous message to the Federal captain the opinions of the vast bulk of the people and the voice of the prepon derating classes in wealth and position. If the in habitants of New Orleans all maintain the attitude assumed by the Mayor and the Council of the city, it may set the politicians of Washington thinking on the situation, and may open their eyes more clearly to the great troubles to come. Men like Mr. Sumner, who are disposed to admit that, if no Union sentiment exists in the South, it is impossible to govern it according to the forms of Republican Government, should the people refuse to accept the Federal officers, may discover the task before them is incapable of accomplishment. Nor is the position of the Republican party likely to gain strength by the very events which place the objects it sought apparently within its grasp. At every fresh vic tory there is a defection, and the debates in Congress recently have revealed the intensity of the flames which are awaiting the first fissure to leap out in all their fury. The Confiscation measures proposed in so many forms, and advocated so zealously, and resisted with such vehemence, have had no result, except to exasperate the passions of both sides, and all the talk about emancipation has ended in en abling a few slaveholders in the district of Colum bia to sell their slaves at a good price, for the head money they will receive is a high average as "nig gers" go at present. Fort Macon, as we anticipated, has surrendered, and the port of Beaufort, North Carolina, is open. It is strange that there is no news from Savannah, but, unless the Federals manage things very badly, that city ought to share the fate of New Orleans. In that case Wilmington, Charleston, and Mobile would be the only places of consequence in the hands of the Confederate States along their whole seaboard. It must be remembered that there is no cotton grown near New Orleans. The plantations com mence about Natchez, and, as orders have been given to keep it on the plantations, it is not at all likely the Federals will get much of it. From Beaufort we may get some naval stores, and the Federals may procure some sugar from New Orleans ; but, out of all the places which have fallen into their hands, none has yielded any cotton to pay for the powder burnt in getting it. The new collector of the port of New Orleans will not have much to do, according to all appearances. Will the importers take Confederate money for their goods ? The military movements of Beauregard are not known to us, but it is just possible he may have marched from Corinth upon Memphis to the east in order to get the support of the flotilla in some grand coup. If Halleck has anything like 160,000 men, the position of the Confederate corps becomes to the last degree dangerous; and the Federal General, who is a highly trained and scientific soldier (the author of the best work on soldiering ever written in America), is not the man to lose the great advan tages afforded to him by the possession of such an enormous force. The Federals are gradually encir cling and closing in on the heart and head of the Secession movement. On the north-east angle of the Confederacy they have pressed down as far as the Rappahannock, a,nd have only left to their enemies the divided allegiance of the James and York Rivers, and Norfolk, on the seashore of Virginia. The coast of North Carolina is theirs, except Wil mington. They hold all the coast of South Carolina and of Georgia, except Charleston and Savannah, and the eastern shores of Florida are open to them whenever they please. On the Gulf (we presume) Pensacola only remains to the Confederates— though nothing has been heard for certain of the state of affairs there for some time back—and Mobile, and the profitless coast of Texas. M'Dowell on the Rappahannock, however, is exhibiting im mense caution, or is waitin g f or some develop ment of Banks's movement ; :p er h aps , i n d ee d , h e is in ob servation lest the Confederates, if beaten at Yorkt own hours en g hassuccess an not effect to do what mortal general can- Private lerteer°s4l:teat he e n lending enormouswhere fi e el attacks. and battering train, and upwards of 110,000 men ; but there is some difficulty in finding them, and this difficulty is notit like ly does so to decrea se as the army ad v. Th e Washington correspondents of the New York journals are not trustworthy, for the simple reason that they are rarely admitted into any society where they can obtain information, and that they make the most reckless assertions and surmis es , i n order to conceal their ignorance, as they must write something about every movement which takes place, or which they imagine to have occurred. If X Mercier has received instructions to act as mediator it must be very recently iadeed, and so sagacious a etcktesnip n as the Emperor is not likely to propose 41:1 armistice to the North at the very ilLomo.t i t . ho pes of con ques t are a t the highest. T he paper in which the story of a consultation having taken place at Washington b e t ween th e F e d er al Cabinet and the forei gn t n Le i yi s . ,oh Lions had /311 diplonis tic corps is utterly unworthy of belief. The par agraph in question is pro b a bly fur by the sa me person who stated tha t L or d introduced , C apta i n Semmes, o f t h e S u m- Seward as a British subject, in ofder to obtain a passport f or hi m. The Committee of Way 8 and Means has reported a rote o f £ 45,000,000 ster ling for the army of the U n i ted States for the year 1863. But if the war is ove r th en or before it, there must be another sum of £14,000,000 prov id e d f or, being the bonus or bounty of 100 dols, payable to each of the 700,000 soldiers in the Federal army the moment the war is declared to be over. The ten dency of public opinion in regard to this army re- P THE SUN, LONDON, THURSD V EVENING MAY 15, 1862. quires to be most narrowly watched by English statesmen► There is no use in concealing the fact that there is a widely spread animosity against Great Britain in America which may overpower the prudence and wisdom of her statesmen. The mass of the people are capable of believing anything concerning the mother country, or rather the Bri tish aristocracy. There is a most popular pamphlet at this time in New York, the object of which is to prove that the whole of the civil war is the result of a " plot" of the cotton lords of England. THE FRENCH BUDGET. M. Casimir Perier has published, in the form of a pamphlet, an elaborate and instructive article, which appeared in the last number of the Revue des Deux Mondes. It treats a subject of pressing importance, and which causes much anxiety to men of thought and reflection. It is entitled, Le Budget de 1863, and passes in review the pre sent state of the finances, as compared with that of previous periods. M. Casimir Perier adopts for his text the words spoken by that greatest but most mistaken of optimists, M. Magne, former Minister of Finance, in the Corps Legislatif, on the 18th of March last year,—viz., that " the finances of the State could not be estimated but in a comparative point of view. There was nothing absolute in the finances of a country. One cannot know if they are good or bad but by comparing them with another period in the same country, or with other countries." M. Perier follows the rule thus autho ritatively laid down, but he arrives at conclusions far different from those of its propounder. " Such comparisons," says M. Perier,-- "Are at all times necessary; they are so now more than ever, for the new division of the Budget, the separate classification of expenses from special resources might countenance singular errors among those who catch hastily at a few figures, keep them in their memory, but seldom trouble themselves with understanding their real meaning. For in stance, the ordinary Budget of 1863 presents, in anticipation of expenditure, a tctal of from 1,729,897,877 f (over £69,000,000 sterling); and those who remember that the last Budgets of the constitutional Monarchy were presented at between 1,300,000,000 f and 1 ,400,000,000 f, settled at be tween 1,500,000,000 and 1,600,000,000 f, and that the Budget of 1862 amounted to E1,969,000,000f, must go through a double operation to find the real amount of that of 1863. Thus, to the expenses of the ordinary Budget of 1863, 1,729,897,877 f, must be added—first, expenses on special resources, 223,037,785 f; and, secondly, expenses of extraordi nary Budget, 138,870,000 f, which gives a total Bud get of 2,091,805,662 f. This total exceeds by 122,000,000 f the voted Budget of 1862, by 525,000,000 f the settled Budget of 1846, and by 462,000,000 f, the settled Budget of 1847. But a general comparison does not suffice, for, as it will not enable us to justly estimate the expenses nor clearly indicate the savings that may be realised, a tabular statement is requisite to compare the prin cipal elements of the Budget of 1847 with those of 1863." M. Casimir Perier takes the Budget of 1847 "as being the last and the highest Budget of the Par liamentary monarchy ;" it was not definitively settled till after the revolution of February, and the settlement which is taken as the basis for his calculation showed a considerable deficit. It is with this Budget that he compares the one pro posed for 1863. The settled estimate of presumed expenditure for 1847 was 1,629,000,000 f, and the receipts 1,372,000,000 f, leaving a total deficit of 257,000,000 f, and an excess of 97,000,0001 of ex penditure over that estimated and the votes of Parliament, M. Perier remarks that the year 1847 was an exceptional one, as there was a triple crisis food, finance, and trade. Yet 177,000,000 f were appropriated to ex traordinary works; and es for the sinking fund, of the 113,000,000 f, which the Treasury paid, 34,000,000 f, were employed in buying up rentes, and 79,000,000 f were added to the funded debt. "In order to understand how the Budgets vary in the different phases through which they pass, the Budget of 1860, voted at 1,825,000,000 f, was taken provisionally at 2,167,000,000 f, with a difference between the anticipation and the receipts of 342,000,000 f; and in 1859 the difference was 432,000,000 f," The Civil List of 1863 is 25,000,000 f ; that of 1847, 12,000,0001. For princes and princesses in 1863,1,500,000 f, against 1,300,000 f in 1847; and for the Chambers, Council of State, Cour des Comptes, Ministers and the central administration of Minis terial Departments, Privy Council, and Ministers without Portfolio, the total for 1863 is 58,532,156 f, against 31,529,606 f. in 1847—showing a difference of 27,003,550 f. in favour of 1847. " It must be remarked," observes M. Perier,— " That the 1 milliard 629 millions constitute for 1847 the total of the definitive Budget, whereas the 2 milliards 91 millions of 1863 merely show what is anticipated. Now, the Budgets of 1860 and 1861, which are not yet settled definitively, are likely to show between the primitive amount voted and that of definitive expenses a difference, between the two, of more than 600 millions. The Budget of 1860, fixed by the law of 11th June, 1860,' at 1 milliard 825 millions, figures in the provisional account of the finance administration at 2 milliards 167 mil lions, showing a difference of 342 millions between the expenses actually incurred and the expenditure anticipated. Though the re sources realised to ineet this CNCeSS of expen diture have exceeded by 200 millions the antici pations of the Budget, the deficit would still be 142 millions if cancelling credits did not appa rently reduce this deficit to 104 millions. The Budget of 1861, on which no official information is as yet given, will present on its first anticipations an excess of expenditure nearly equal. M. Fould, in his memorial to the Emperor, announced extraordi nary credits for more than 200,0Q0,000f. Notwith standing an overplus of 79,000,000 f on the antici pated receipts, the Emperor's report, w hick precedes the Budget of 1861, anticipates for 1863 a probable deficiency of 181,000,000 f, saving reductions which may result from cancelling credits. It is, unfor tunately, too probable that this deficiency will be exceeded;and that the excess of the expenditure over what has been anticipated will not be limited to the 200,000,000 f of which M. Fould spoke. From 1852 to 186/, without a single exception, the regu lation of the Budget exhibited a considerable excess of real over presumed expenditure. In making a cal- cueation for the 10 years we arrive at three milliards; a deduction being made for the years of the war in the Crimea and the war in Italy, the annual average is above 200,000,000 f. The definitive regulation of the Budget of 1863 will consequently much exceed the 2 milliards 91 millions which the Corps Legis latif is asked to vote. The suppression of extraor dinary and supplementary credits, and the substi tution of transfers from the Budget of erne Minister to that of another, cannot suppress the causes which compelled a recurrence to these credits, and as long as these causes subsist we must expect to have the results, under hatever forms or under whatever name they appear. The obligation to present sup plementary Budgets will certainly be an improve. ment, but is that a sufficient control ? What can the Corps Legislatif do when the exercise of trans- as it was v o t e d, s p ec i a l l aws are fers havi ng ex h aus t e d th e res o ur c e s of the presented ßudget to it to provide for expenses such as those of the war in M exico, the expedition to Cochin China, or other enterprises already commenced ? It cannot do otherwise tha n vo t e th e f un d s. " The d epartmental expew...o, 142,17 w ere 56,192,022 f, will amount for 1863 to 121,182,610 f, or an increase of 35,013,588 f. "These, however," he adds, " are in great measure necessary expenses, over which besides the State has no direct control. Yet it is not the less true that the augmentation of those expenses is an additional charge on the tax payer." The ormy and the fleet of Algeria are estimated in the ordinary and extraordinary budget of 1863 at 565,000,000 f; they cost 482 ,000,000 f in 1847 difference 83,000,000 f. But of the 48 2,000,000 f of 1847, 43,000,600 f were applied to extraordinary _ w ex penses; hile ) even supposing th at the sums taken to the extraordinary budget of 1863 have and main tain the same character, those sums only amount to 30,000,000 f. The ordinary expenses of the army and the fleet of Algeria were fixed for 1847 at 439,000,000; they are estimated for 1853 at 535,000,000, showing a total difference of 56,000,0001. " Who can say, after casting a glance at the extraordinary credits of late years, what may be in 1863 the definitive settlement of this budget ? " " The public works of 1847 took 177 millions on a budget of 1 milliard 629 millions, or 10 . 8 per cent.; the entire extraordinary budget of 1863 is 138 mil lions of 2 milliards 92 millions, or 6 per cent. Finally, in 1847, 34 millions were employed in the buying up of Rentes, and 79 millions were funded. In 1863 the 159 millions of the Sinking Fund are carried to the receipts." He gives a statement of the difference between the estimated and the real expenditure dating the period from 1831 to 1848, as compared with that from 1852 to 1861. Thus, from 1831 to 1848, estimated and voted expenditure, 20,569,00,000 f; definitive do., 21,884,000,000 f; excess of real over estimated, 1,249,000,000 f. From 1852 to 1861, estimated, 14,828,000,000 f; real, 17,767,000,000; excess of real over estimated, 2,939,000,000 f. The first period was 17 years; the second 9 years. " These figures," he observes— " Show that if, on one hand, in 17 years of Par liamentary Government, now so cried down, the financial result of an administration and a policy controlled by the Chambers was to make France spend 1,249,000,000 f (or a yearly average of 73,000,000 f more than estimated ; on the other hand, in the first nine years of the new regime the sums of which the Legislative Corps had only to confirm the employment, instead of providing and regulating, amounted to 2,939,000,000 f, or a yearly average of 325,000,000 f." M. Magne had spoken of the wars of the Crimea and Italy as among the principal causes of the in crease of expenditure in France. "'To justify this," observes M. Perier, " It is not enough to appeal to our military glory. True, France, besides these wars, has also made war in China and Cochin. China; she has gone to Syria; she occupies Rome; and she is at this moment en gaged in a fresh expedition to Mexico. Algeria is pacified, and a brilliant campaign has secured the submission of the Kabyles. To such things no one is indifferent, even among those who reserve their judgment as to their utility. But our memory goes further back. It is not Imperial France alone that has paid her debt to cur annals. The expedition:of Belgium, the taking of Antwerp, the expeditions of the Tagus, Ancona, St. Juan d'Ulloa, and Mogador, cannot well be forgotten. Algiers was the glorious bequest of the Restoration ; but it is on the period of which I compare the balance-sheet with that of the present that the immense sums applied to the conquest of Algeria press. Our navy was trans formed during the last years of the monarchy; and, in spite of our revolutions, public opinion has done justice to the young and generous initiative which gave to France the most powerful fleet she ever had till then. Since the Empire, public works have had an annual average of only 70,000,000 f; the nine last years of the previous reign show an average of 120,000,000 f." M. Casimir Perier, still acting on the recom mendation of M. Magne, institutes a comparison with the financial system in England. " From 1830 to 1848," he says,— " The total of the State Budgets amounted in England to 21 milliards 680 millions, or an annual average of 1 milliard 200 millions, while the same period shows a similar average for the French. From 1848 to 1861 the English Budgets show a total of 20 milliards 268 millions, or for the 13 years an average of 1 milliard 580 millions. The average of these same 13 years is, for France, 1 milliard 880 millions, or 320 millions more than the English average. The increasing progression of the Budgets has, then, been more rapid with us than with our neighbours. The average of these 13 years, as compared with the average of the 13 pre vious years, constitutes in the two countries a total augmentation of charges; for France, 7 milliards 700 millions, and for England 4 milliards 680 mil lions. But this is not all that we learn from our comparison. If England seems to have abandoned her sinking fund, such as we understand it, and such as she had long employed it, she continues to reduce her debt from her surplus income." M. Perier had already shown that, whereas,— " From 1816 to 1848 the sinking fund had not ceased to act in France, from 1848 the buying up of Rentes was completely suspended,except in 1859 and the first six months of 1860 ; and all the funds from that source were carried to the account of re ceipts of the Budget, and spent. In this way 1 milliard 273 millions were absorbed from 1848 to 1861. . . From 1848 to 1862 England,with her expedition to the Crimea, two campaigns in China, under divers forms, butand the a lit Indianlittle over v war, e rlmilliard, a e and made successive re ductions in her debt amounting to more than 600 millions. During the same 13 years the French funded debt was increased by from 244,000,000 to 380,000,000, and the amount of active Routes is 330,000,000 instead of 176 ,000,000. Under this head alone more than 150,000,000 of annual Rente have been added to the public charges. This is more than the e.atraordinary Budget of 1863 ; and it is five times the proved tax upon salt. 17 of the 31 years to which the examinati on o f the English Budgets applies shows a surplus -14 years a deficit. The deficits amount to about 1 milliard 200 mil lions ; the surplus to 1 milliard ; but the three years' war in the Crimea claim 8 00,000,000 of that deficit, and if we deduct these three years the 28 others, taken together, show a surplus of about 600 millions. These figures, which nobody will dispute, which nobody can dispute, are more eloquent than any comments. I could add nothing to this speak ing homage in favour of the financial administration of free Governments." M. Casimir Perier concludes as follows : " I can draw from the reflections which the Bud get of 1863 has s uggested to me no other conclu sions than these—that, for the public foLtune, as for private interests, there is no guarantee but liberty, and for Governments no safeguard but in discus sion and control. Abroad, the influence of a coun try is based less on the multiplicity than on the jus tice and the utility of its enterprises. Good policy does not consist in being everywhere, or in trying to have influence on all, but in acting w ith consis tency, and morally and materially in consulting only really wants and durable interests, At home, nothing is more fatal than uncertainty and insta bility. After having innovated much, overthrown much, and essayed much, it is now seen that we have gone back instead of advancing, for mere rest.. lessness is not movement. We are not, as regards wealth, industry, and confidence, at the point we were aftt.: the Crimean war. It would perhaps be unjust to limit too much, and still more unjust to extend the responsibility of suoh a change. Each one of us has the right to accept his part of that responsibility only so far as he has contributed to create it, or as it was possible for him to prevent it. What passed yesterday belongs to history, and history will pronounce its decision there where we have only found a lesson. Let us, then, look forward and occupy ourselves with the morrow. France once warned and offered the alternative, would be henceforth without excuse if sho did not give to the direction of her interests the attention she bad too much withdrawn from them; and if, with a view to preserve some influ ence on her destiny, she did not exercise the right which the constitution gives her." - The following is an extract ofa private letter from Sydney, dated tho 10th March Dun - t sen or let any n j we know more of the Lachlan Dig gings, for it ie now almost proved that they are the richest ever yet seen. Last week the escort brought down 11,000 ozs., and left 5,000 ozs. behind." RELIC OF ANCIENT LIVERPOOL.—A curious tunnel has been discovered in James-street, during the ex cavations being made under the direction of the borough engineer to ascertain the cause of the sinking of the road way. The tunnel is about 30ft. in depth from the surface of the ground, Oft. in height, and seven and a half in width. It contained a quantity of refuse, which is now being cleared out, but its length cannot yet be ascertained. The tunnel was first discovered in making ono of a series of excavations near St. George's Church, and it tikes a direct tion from that point down James-strcet towards the river. The supposition is that the tunnel may bo a remnant of the , works connected with th e o l d castle, which at a remote period stood near the site now occupied by Et, George's Church,—Liverpool Atercury, THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LON DON, CiIATIIAIII, AND DOVER RAILWAY. FAVERSHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING' This morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, the county coroner, Mr. T. T. Delavaux, resumed his inquiry as to the cause of death of James Stratton Plumb, commercial traveller, and Wm. Harris, storekeeper in the service of the company, whose deaths had re sulted from injuries received at the accident at Ospringe, on the London, Chatham, and Dover line, on the previous Friday. The inquest room, at the Anchor Inn, was crowded throughout the in quiry, and the greatest possible interest was mani fested in the proceedings. After medical evidence as to the nature of the injuries from which death had resulted, Matthew Simpson, of London, engine-driver in the service of the company, deposed—At ten minutes past seven on Friday morning last I left the Victoria Station in charge of the express mail train, which consisted of the engine and tender, a first and two second-class carriages, and a break van, belonging to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany, in whose employ I am, and have been so, nearly 11 months. Ido not know the number of passengers. Nothing unusual occurred until the accident happened. On reaching Ospringe I ob served that the rails were in a bad state on the off side. The rails were out of order; that is, they were not in their proper position. I cannot say what caused the rails to be in that state. The engine and tender left the rails, and the next thing I sa w was the carriages going down the embankment on the near side of the line. The cause of the engine leav ing the line was the crooked state of the rails. I could do nothing to prevent the accident. I can not throw any more light on the occurrence. The average rate of the mail train is about 40 miles an hour. At the time of the accident we were travel ling at the rate of 20 miles an hour, having slackened the-speed for the gates on that part of the line. The rails were in a slippery state, and therefore the train was slackened. It was about thirty yards from where the accident hap pened when I observed the defective state of the rails. I had no time to try to stop the train then. I have been an engine driver upwards of 17 years. By Mr. Round—The engine was in first-class order on the morning of the accident. I examined it before leaving London, and also at Chatham. Robert Crumby, the stoker of the engine, and Charles Henry Benham, the head guard of the train, were also examined, and gave similar evidence to that of the driver. Henry Ramsden, of Faversham. in the employ of the company as plate-layer, said—l have been so employed for the last five years, mostly in this im mediate neighbourhood. My duty is to walk my length every morning, and examine the rails and line generally, to see that all is right, from Faver sham to Beaton-hill cutting. This distance includes the spit where the accident occurred. A little before 6 on the day of the accident I started from Hangman's-lane, and I completed my inspection by a little after 7. It was my duty to go over the line once a day. The permanent way was in perfect order. If there had been anything the matter I must have seen it. The line was safe to pass over. If there had been anything the matter it was my duty to repair it. The witness was examined at some length as to the state in which he found the line after the acci dent, and he described that some of the rails were bulged out and the chains and trenails broken. Mr. Joseph Cubitt, of Great George-street, West minster, said—l am a civil engineer. I constructed the London, Chatham, and Dover line as far as it is open, a distance of about 65 miles. In that dis tance the spot where the accident happened is in_ eluded. In every department and part it has been made to my entire satisfaction, and in the very best style of construction. I know the spot where the carriages ran off the line. It is on a curve of 70 chains radius, and on a gradient of 1 in 132, both of which are quite unobjectionable. For the last three years I have not seen anything of the line. After the accident I did not find anything wrong in the permanent way. The line has been opened about four years or a little more. By Mr. Round—On Saturday last I examined the materials left by the accident. I found the broken trenails perfectly sound, and the sleepers also. I constructed the Great Northern line. Up to a recent period wooden trenails were in universal use on four fifths of the Great Northern line. They are still in use. I prefer the wooden trenails as a fastening to the iron spikes. They are being very largely used by the leading engineers of the country, The South Eastern was laid upon the same system. By Colonel Yolland—lron spikes are now being introduced into the wooden trenails on this line. This has been done in consequence of similar mis haps on other lines. Fishing of the joints of the rails are now going on. Several other witnesses were examined, but they threw no additional light on the causes of the catastrophe. Colonel Yolland, one of the inspectors under the Board of Trade, stated that he had gone over the line, and gave it as his opinion that the accident arose from the breaking of the trenails on the off side rail of the down line, caused by the pressure of the trains, there being a curve at the point at which the accident took place, and not enough elevation of one line of rail over the other to allow for it. He also objected to wooden trenails. The Coroner very briefly addressed the jury, and directed them that, according to the evidence given and the opinion of the Government inspector, they conld not reasonably come to any other conclusion than that it was purely an accident, and there was no blame attachable to any one- THE VERDICT. After about an hour's consultation the jury re turned the following special verdict :—" We find that the deceased, James Stratton Plumb and William Harris were killed by the falling of the train over the embankment, and we further find that the accident was caused by the improper state of the permanent way at that particular spot ; and that it was possible, when the plate layer went that way, that it was not perceived by him. We believe, also, that the engine driver was correct in his statement that he per ceived, as he was travelling along, the bulging of the rails, but not in sufficient time to stop the train, consequently we attach no blame to him ; and we would recommend that, at any future acci dent, nothing on the railway should be replaced, if the Government Inspector can be on the spot within 24 hours of it happening." The Coroner said that verdict amounted to one of accidental death; he recorded it as such, but de clined to receive the recommendation as part of the verdict, but merely as a suggestion. 1101 V PLANTS CHANGE TILER? CHARACTER. Plants that are naturally of a silvery or golden hue cannot be altered in their character, though they may be spoiled or killed by bad manage ment; whereas true variegated plants may be changed to their original green colour, and the variegation destroyed by improper management. This is a matter that practical gardeners—though they know all about it—do not always bear in mind as they should, and hence in one garden the same variety of variegated plant will be seen in greater p er f ec ti on t h an i n another. With plants naturally of a silver hue, all that is necessary i s provide th em w ith a so il su i te d t o their consti tution ; with variegated plants the soil should gene rally be a trifle poorer than for the green-leaved typon of tha Nyar;osmtod ,c,..totioo. WO ha,o pro:ma by experiment that Dandy, one of the loveliest of the minimum variegated geraniums, becomes as green as grass wh en p l ante d out i n a soil heavily manured, and that the same plants, removed into a poor soil, recovered their variegation, and had the same beautiful effect as originally. Look at any border containing a row of the common variegated mint, and it will be a great chance if you do not see amongst the plants many strong shoot s w h o l ly green, the plant rever ti ng b ac k to its original con dition through b e i ng we ll fed in a rich soil. So with the pretty variegated Arabia ; one of the best of plants for a c l ose edging of yellowish grey, it will every year produce a few green shoots ; and if those are not removed, they soon take the whole strength of the roots to themselves, and, overpower ing the variegated sh?ots, in course of time restore the plant to the condition o f the common green leaved Arabis of the borders.--"iardencr's Weekly Naganne and , Floricultural Cabinet. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—May 14. -.-- OLD COURT. Jeremiah Whaley, 23, a genteel-looking young man, was charged with a felonious assault upon Anne Elizabeth Richardson. Mr. Sleigh conducted the prosecution. The pri soner was undefended by counsel. The prosecutrix in this case was a respectable young woman, residing with her mother in Shaftes bury-place, Aldersgate-street, and the prisoner lodged in the same house. It appeared that on the night when the offence was alleged to have been committed the mother of the prosecutrix was out, and the latter left her bedroom door unlocked, so that she might come in when she returned home. The prisoner returned about twelve o'clock, and, according to the evidence of the prosecutrix, he entered her room, and she was awoke by his committing the offence imputed to him ; and she swore distinctly that what took place was without her consent and against her will, and her evidence in this respect was mate rially confirmed by that of Mr. Childs, the surgeon, and a lodger in the adjoining room, who proved that she heard the prosecutrix scream and call-for assistance at the time the prisoner was acting in the manner described. There was this peculiarity in the case, that it transpired in the course of the inquiry that the prisoner had been courting the mother of the prosecutrix, and that he had offered her marriage, and although the idea of a marriage between them had been abandoned, still they were upon very friendly terms, and the prisoner and the mother had been in company together on the night the offence was committed, and she had requested him to tell her daughter, when he got home, that it was not her intention to return that evening. A witness was called who, upon getting into the box, protested against being compelled to give evi dence, because, he said, he disapproved altogether of the principle upon which the English law was administered ; and said that, in his opinion, it was vindictive, and he objected to assisting in any way to carry it out. Mr. Justice Willes told the witness that he could not enter into a discussion with him upon the sub ject of the law. It was his duty to be sworn and give his evidence. The witness appeared very anxious to make a speech and detail the grounds upon which he ob jected to assist in the administration of the law; but Mr. Sleigh interposed, and said that he thought he could do without the testithony of the witness. Mr. Justice Willes said that probably the jury would be of the same opinion. This observation of the learned Judge appeared to give great offence to the person to whom it referred, and he declared, in a very angry tone, that he had been insulted by his lordship, and he insisted upon his offering him an apology. (A laugh.) lie added that he considered his lordship had been very rude in making the observation he had done. The learned Judge ordered him to stand down, but the prisoner said he should like to put a few questions to him, and he then consented to be sworn and give his evidence; saying, however, that it must be understood that he did so " under protest." The prisoner then put some questions to the wit ness, but he did not elicit anything from him that was material to his defence. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that he had been out d r i n ki ng w i t h the mother of the pro secutrix on the night the affair took place, and it was at her request that he saw her daughter when he went home. He asserted that he was entirely innocent of the crime of which he was accused, and declared that it had been trumped up by the mother and the daughter, out of revenge at his marriage with the former being broken off. The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy. They did not assign any ground for the recommen dation, and were not asked to do so. Mr. Justice Willes sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. THE HENDON MURDER. Mr. Giffard4plieatothe&;;CiO postpchno the trial of James Laurence, who is charged with the wilful murder of his sweetheart, Anne Cox, to the next sessions. He said that no counse l had been instructed either for the prosecution or the defence, and the depositions were merely placed in his hands by the officer of the court. He reminded his lord ship that the prisoner had wounded himself very severely, and he was still very ill, and upon this ground it appeared to him that the trial ought not to take place at the present sessions. His lordship granted the application. The remainder of the day was occupied in dis posing of cases, the details of which are unfit for publication. - At the sitting of the Court a great deal of time was lost in consequence of the non-attendance of some of the witnesses, and nearly an hour elapsed before any business could be proceeded with. Mr. Justice Willes, in some of the cases, ordered the recognisances to be estreated. Mr. Oppenheim, in the course of the day, made an application to his lordship to take off the estreats, and gave what appeared to be a satisfactory expla nation for the non-attendance of the witnesses. Mr. Justice Willes said that on this occasion he would remove the estreats ; but it really must be understood that persons who were bound over to give evidence ought to be in attendance, and that the Court could not be trifled with with impunity. The Court and jury had been kept waiting that day for a considerable time, and although he was not in the habit of making threats, still, undoubt edly, if such a thing occurred again, he would take care that the law should be enforced. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 14. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday Charles Costa, a well-built good-looking man of colour, was charged on re-examination before Mr. Cooke with the follow ing frauds. Doughty, the officer who took the prisoner into custody, had ascertained since the last examination that in the January of last year the prisoner had been charged with fraud at the Thames Police-court and sentenced to three months' hard labour, and that in October last he had been charged with a similar offence at the Greenwich Court, and sentenced to other three months' incarceration. He now called a third complainant, in the person of a poor married woman named Susannah Dacosta, of Hope-street, Whitechapel, who stated that about seven months ago, but the exact date she could not recollect, the prisoner called upon her and her husband, and said he was steward of a ship just arrived in the docks from the West Indies. He said he had been com missioned by her husband's mother to take charge of a letter and box of clothing and miscellaneous articles for them. How the prisoner had learnt that her mother-in-law was in the "West Indies she could not tell, tut it was a fact, and her husband was so delighted at hearing about his mother that, as they had no money in the house, he sent her out to pledge some articles to raise money. A comfortable dinner, tea, and supper were provided for the prisoner, who talked a very long time about their family, of which he displayed a surprising knowledge. He at length told them it was too late for him to go on board his ship that night, and he should therefore be obliged to them if they would advance him a trifle to pay for lodging and refreshment that night, and he would return the next morning with the letter and property he had been intrusted with for them. Her husband gave him 25., which was all they had left out of the money they had borrowed. The prisoner did not make his appearance next day, and on men tioning the matter afterwards among her neighbours she found that he had spent part of the next day at a house two doors off hers, and the day after that at the house next door to her, where he had imposed on the families in the same way. The fourth complaint was at the instance of Laura Schreiber, the wife of a German stick-maker in King's Arms-court, Whiteehapol. Upon her the prisoner called on the 19th April. He asked her if she had any relations at Hamburg. Witness said that she had not. To this the prisoner answered that he was surprised at that, as her daughter Martha, at Havannah, to whom he was to be mar ried when he returned to Cuba, had given him to understand that they had relatives there. Her daughter had gone to Havannah four years ago, and she was so overjoyed at hearing from her that that alone, irrespective of the fact of the approach ing marriage with the prisoner and his saying that he had on board his ship in the Victoria Docks a chest of valuables from her daughter, which lie should cart there the next day, induced her to board and lodge him sumptuously the whole of that clay at an expense she could ill afford. He did not re turn the next day, and she saw nothing more of him till she found him in custody upon the other charges. Th. fifth nnmpinint was aimilnr to thn ^ 1.1, "°• offering an any air of The prisoner heard the evidence o ff w er l much complacency, and declined de fence ; and Mr. Cooke ordered him to be com mitted for trial on all the charges. ~ .............1. WANDSWORTH.—John gotterell, aged 21, a - tm - - labourer, was charged wit h setting fire to th e fi n i sh , er ing-room at the i:ti o rr y a a y l ! F the a.P Paper-mills, managerills , of he Garrettmills, lane, il Mr. James A said the prisoner was dis charged from th e wor k s ' about four m onths ego. At half-past two on Sun day morning a fire bro ke out in the finishi ng - room , by which the v so N in a e ll were paper burnt. Inspector and a porti on o f t h e woo d- wor‘ i l l i() pector Ayres, of the V division, said—My at tention was called to the fire on Sunday morning. I found that the pri soner was the first to discover it. He rang th e b e ll at the premises and gavein formation to the watchman. In consequence of ' that I went to the prisoner and asked him where he was on the previous night, and he said at the Old Sergeant, in Garrett-lane, at a raffle. He also said that on going home he went to bed at a quarter to 1 o'clock. At 20 minutes to 3 o'clock he looked out of the window to see if it was time to get up. He then saw the reflection 3f a light on the stones of the " tumbling wear" in the Wandle. He got up and ran out. He then saw a fire in the finishing room of the mill and rang the bell. I examitnad the premises, and found a broken window, which had been covered with paper. The paper was torn. The lower part was hanging on the outside as if a hand had been withdrawn from the inside. The height of the window is about 9ft. 6in. from the ground. Whoever committed the act must have had assistance to reach the window, or the use of a, ladder. The upper part of the paper at the win dow was burnt,and also for a short distance on each. side; it was not injured underneath. Three reams of paper close to the window were burnt and da maged, and a packet of wrapper paper was also damaged by fire. Some of the woodwork under the window was burnt. I saw Mr. M'Murray pick up the piece of a burnt lucifer match from the floor under the window. The prisoner could not see Mr. M‘Murray's premises from his bedroom window at the back, but he could see the stones of the " tum bling wear." I have since received some lucifer matches from Mrs. Maxam, the wife of a labourer at Wimbledon, and they correspond exactly with the piece found by Mr. M'Murray. The lucifer matches were produced, and were somewhat remarkable from their being made of very thin wood. John Nurse—l live in Garret-lane. I am a mil ler, and work at Messrs. Watney and Wells's. I know the prisoner. I saw him on Sunday morning between 25 minutes and half-past owe o'clock. It was between the Old Sergeant and the letter box by the side of Old Farthing-lane. A man named Robert Hawkins came from the letter box and spoke to the prisoner. I left them together opposite Mr. M'Murray's premises. The prisoner asked me if I had a match or two to light his pipe. I gave him three or four. He struck one and used it to light his pipe. He put the others in his pocket. I got the Lucifer matches produced from Mrs. Maxam's, at Wimbledon, the same morning. I have seen the prisoner since. I saw him first at 12 o'clock on Sun day morning. He knocked at my door and called me out. He said, "If anybody asks you whether you saw me on Sunday morning, you say no." I said I would. I did not ask him the reason, as it was raining fast. I saw him on Monday morning on the bridge. He called me and said "If anybody asks you whether you saw me at half-past 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, say no." I again said I would. On Tuesday morning I saw him at the same place, and`ye walked down the lane together. Ho said that he was suspected. I 1 also said "If anybody asks you if you saw me at that time, say no." Charles White, 217 V, said—On Sunday morning, about five minutes to 2 o'clock, I saw the prisoner and Hawkins against Mr.M'Murray's wall near the iron-bridge. I told them , to move on, as it was very late. They went towards Old Farthing-lane, in the direction from the prisoner's house. Mr. Wilson, who defended the prisoner, submitted there was no case; but Mr. Ingham said grounds had been laid for a re mand, which he granted accordingly. COUNTRY MARKL:i AS. v• SALISBURY-MAY 13. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was more than sufficient for the demand. Sales were slow, at a decline of 2s. Barley scarce, but at former prices. Oats, beans, and peas changed hands at former currencies. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE —MAY 13. The supply of wheat was limited, and the demand ruled slow, at former rates—millers still holding off for lower pricEs. HULL-MAT 13. Tho wheat trade since our last has been very inactive. The'arrivals of both wheat and barley are unusually large, the bulk of the former from the Baltic ports and the Elbe, and the groater portion of the latter from Denmark. At to-day's market there wag a very small supply of English wheat, which sold dull, and slig - ntly in favour of buyers. Foreign sorts at about last week's quotations. Barley dull, and fully is below last week's rates. Oats moved oil til9ze freely. Beans and peas as before. Wheat.... Old white per qr. s4s Od to 58s Od Old red ff New white .. ~ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 56s Od to 62s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red sBs Od to 59s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 52s Oct Barley.... English malting Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od Saal and Oderbruck . 3os Od to 35s Od Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st 03121d to 13(1 Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 06130 Swedish and Danish osl2ld to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Oa to 48s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od ... _. _ ... _ _ New ha 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Oct Peas Foreign breakers Grinding —s Od to —s Od Tares .... Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing .. 4os Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 16 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign Bl6 oto 910 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 610 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 BOSTON—MAY 13. At our market to-day there was a fair show of wheat from the growers, and, with a dull trade, prices declined le to 2s upon late rates. Transactions in barley inactive, anti a scarce show. Oats a firm inquiry. Beans slow 3 and peas unchanged. COAL N (frioes of Coal per Ton a 1 .ARKET. ; the close of the market Walls. End. s. d. Bate's West Hartley.. 15 0 Buddle's West Hartley 15 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 9 Wylam ..15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 0 s. d. Eden 15 0 Acorn Close ..15 0 K elloe ..... l5 6 South Kelloe . 15 6 Framwellgate 15 0 Heugh Hall 15 0 Caradoc ..15 6 Braddyll's Hetton 15 Hetton .. l6 6 Trimdon Thornley 14 3 Cassop 15 6 Tunstall South 11art1ep001......15 0 Hedley 14 0 Harton l4 6 Hilda ..14 ' Whitworth 14 9 S.Durham 14 6 Riddell South liet ton 16 6 Peases West Al 6 Do. — Anthracite 21 6 Craighead Steam 14 0 Hastings Hartley l5 9 \\ alker Primrose 12 6 Grey's West Hartley 15 3 Holywoll ..16 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 9 Tanfield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Sleekburn West Hart- ley 15 0 West Wylam l4 3 200; soil, 143. Walls End. Hartlepool,. . l6 0 Ships at market, FO.R.EIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus'aalia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..May 19. via Marseilles May 13. &nil and Cape Verde, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton llay 19. via Marseilles May 11, Falkland Islands June 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton May 19. India ( Calcutta ), and Ceylon, via South am pt on May 19. -- via Marseilles May 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton May 26. via 'Marseil les M ay 20. Lisbnn Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 14. Newfoundland .. May 11. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet May 14. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet May 14. W.C. of Africa, M a d e i ra , and Teneriffe .. May 10. Bahamas, via N ew Y or k bleaico • • • • May 29. All California`parts of West Indiesish , Columbia including . Chili, Peru, ) May and Brit. BIRTHS. MILNE.—On the 13th inst., at Hadley, Middlesex, the wifs of F x r r an s k . -- 1 0 i I n n e' Es the 'l l4 of th a son. Mrs. Ed w i n T . Watkins, WAT N at 23, Eaton-square, the of a daughter. er. wiLsoN.—On the 13th inst., at Anglem.y, Gosport, the W2EI wifeuEEouLf Euston road, e ho g ef u l : 2 l d i t n ha , u Esq,, qtt p . of a daughter. wife of Capt. T. Wilson, R.N., MARRIAGES. CHAMBERS—HARE. —On the 14th inst., at Sunning-hill, Berks, Charles li. Chambers, Esq., only son of the late Sir Charles Har cour t Chambers, to Lucebella, the only daughter of the late Marcus I'. Hare, Esq., R.N., and the Hon. Mrs. Ilare. Cox—LEA.—O n amthese, 13th inst., at Hare-court Chap e l, Canonbury, Enfield, o e, Ln . ? . ! 1 3L, y . , ,,. t ,isremdv seventh son daughter n r ° ,, c f - f i : l . C o h h a n rl C e x 1. 4, , 2(l• E's f , DEATHS. A l forAN.--On the 13th inst., at Forest-hill, Mr. Peter Aikman, formerly of Glasgow, aged 41. BROOKE.—On the 13th inst., at Kilburn, Langley Brooke, Esq., aged 67. CLARK.—At 10, High-street, Kensington, Mr. Samuel Clark, aged 45. CAVE.—On the 13th inst.. at Aldersgate-street, city, Mu, Elizabeth Cave, aged 50. FORBES.—On the 10th inst., at Callendar House, Stirling shire, Francis C. Forbes, Esq , Lieutenant ll.M.'s 37th Foot. Sznnox.—On the 10 h inst., at Longdon, Staffordshire, Joshua Seddon, Esq., M.D., aged 64. SAMUEL.—Ott the 13th inst., at Little James. street, Bed ford-row, Michael Samuel, Esq "aged 71. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CIIAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middletlex,—Titriday, Alay 15, 1862.