The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-19 00:00:00

The discrepancies observable between the Parlia mentary papers relating to Indian finance, and the statement submitted the other evening to the consideration of the House of Commons by Lord STANLEY, illustrate in a suiliciently striking manner the necessity long felt for one uniform system of currency. These dis crepancies the noble lord readily explained yesterday on moving that the House do resolve itself into a Committee upon the projected loan. A glance at the contrasting figures, indeed, will serve to demonstrate clearly enough the cause of the apparent error of calculation. It will then be manifest that much of this was attributable to the different rates at which the rupee is convertible into sterling money of our own coinage. The rupee quoted in the Parliamentary accounts at ls. 101 d. reduced the :total of the ;gross income of India in 1856-57 to X 29,702,000. While the rupee taken by Lord STANLEY in his own account at 2s. raised the amount of the same year's income. to £33,303,000. The Secre tary of State maintaining that his estimate with regard to the price of bullion was much the more accurate of the two, acknowle3ged that this source of discrepancy did not exceed a total of £2,081,000 —adding, however, that there was another cause of discrepancy discernibl e ,in an omission in his own account of which he was unaware at the period of his statement. The Parliamentary accounts, in fact, included items, Lord STANLEY observed yes terday, to the amount of £1,519,000 —i tems which the Secretary of State himself had n o t cons i dered as constitutin a part of the public revenue. Th ese g items, [for complete exactitude, we presum e , should have been given at £1,520,000, in stead of £1,519,000, the former total added t o the £ 2,081,000 resulting from the discrepancy in regard to the estimated i value of the rupee, making the exact difference of £3,601,000 apparent between the total on the Parliamentary paper of £29,702,000 and the total of £33,303,0 00 stated by Lord STANLEY to have. been the actual amount of the gross revenue of India in 1856-57. After these very lucid and readily comprehen sible explanations last night by the Secre tary of State, the noble lord concluded this his second luminous address to the House of Commons upon Indian Finance, by maintaining the perfect accuracy of the account already given by him of the amount of the Debt of India—its sum total—including the home debt as well as that raised in India --being in point of fact, pre cisely £74,543,000. Sir CILRLES WooD, on the other hand, , maintained that the liabilities of Hin dostan ought more correctly to be stated at £90,000,000. An insufficient gloom, however, was cast upon this vital theme to satisfy the morbid anticipations of . Sir ERSKINE PERRY, who i n . sisted that the Indian debt absolutely amounts at the most moderate estimate at no less formidable a total than £110,676,955. Now we cannot conceive for one moment the pos sible advantage to be derived from an ex aggeration of our Indian calamities. Calamities they have been—let us make the best of them. The Secretary of State, after scrutinizing the accounts of the vast empire or province (whichever it may be that we ought to call it), esti mates the total of the Indian debt at some thing under £75,000,000. Suppose it to be, for the sake of argument, what Sir CHARLES WOOD maintains it to be, £90,000,000, or even what Sir ERSKINE PERRY insists upon as the more accurate statement, viz , some thing over £llo,ooo,ooo—with the ample re sources of the peninsula, even in their present com paratively undeveloped state, there is surely no serious cause whatever for anything like solicitude. The net annual income is even at this moment upon an average not far short of £25,000,000 —even now, when we are no more than just beginning to think of cultivating cotton in India, when we are only just at the outset in Hindostan of a grand scheme of railway organization. Sir ERSKINE PERRY insists upon our so ordering things that Government should be compelled to balance the Indian revenue and the Indian ex penditure. Under the happy auspices of the new epoch now inaugurated for our Asiatic possesions, we do confidently anticipate for Hindostan not simply the " balance" apparently almost despaired of by Sir E. PERRY, but, eventually, and we believe at a period not so very remote from the present—an excess of Indian revenue over and above the Indian expenditure. The' newly-created colony ofOritish Columbia. continues to give promise of very satisfactory , and rapid development. According to the last accounts received from Vancouver, " the productiveness of the mines is now quite settled in the affirmative." Considerable quantities of gold dust were continu ally arriving in Victoria, though the precise amount could not be accurately ascertained. Colonists were still flocking in increasing numbers to those freshly opened fields of adventure. The executive and administrative machinery clf the new Govern ment was being fitted together, and otherwise put into working order. The solitary provisional Governor was beginning to find himself surrounded by other and subordinate officials, despatched to his aid from the old mother country, to take their due share with him in the regular distribution of responsibilities. His Excellency, it is satisfactory to know, at last, is no longer, as an official personage, altogether insulated. He has now the assistance of properly qualified coadjutors. Conspicuous among the items of intelligence brought to this country from British Columbia, among our last communications from Victoria in Vancouver, are those contributed in the shape of an elaborate report from the Diggings to the local Gazette, by the pen of an authorised correspondent. This correspondent of the Victoria Gazette appears to have made a personal examination of the Gold. Fields, not at one or two isolated points, but con tinuously and searchingly throughout a length of 200 miles of the auriferous territory. The gold fields on Fraser River, indeed, are of enormous magnitude, as that jonrney of 200 miles sufficimtly intimates. But the entire length of the gold country in that part of the world actually is double that distance—the " paying diggings" already found extending uninterruptedly over 400 miles, from Fort Hope (a name of appropriate signifi cance) to Fort Alexander. This travelled correspondent of the Gazette, moreover, has made his journey right through the very heart of the broad sweep of the gold fields. Adventurers he found there scattered all along the line of his progress, busy with"their rockers—, rocking their new-born fortunes tenderly, hope- fully, anxiously, in their cradles of gold. In some directions the yield amounted to five'dollars a-day upon the average. Here—it was as high as fifty dollars to the hand for many days in suc cession. Here again it dwindled down to three dollars. Occasionally—to nothing at all. It was like passing through a gambling•house in the thick of the " play"—the crash of the rockers instead of the clatter of the dice box! Many were dejected— many elated. Some despaired—others were enrap tured. Fortune was pouring her treasures fast into the lap of many. Hope, even hope, was dying fast out of the hearts of the least successful. It was Vanity Fair in the Wilderness. Writes the correspondent, " Of course I found parties making more than any sum I have named, and others less than the lowest mentioned. In fact, I consider these diggings extremely variable and uncertain. I have seen one man making large wages in his claim, while another but a few yards distant could make nothing. And it frequently happens that a party, by striking a lode or pocket, will take out several ounces in a day, and not make half an ounce for a week after. This feature of the diggings, while it tends to stimulate the more hopeful and sanguine, is equally calculated to dishearten those of an opposite temperament, and hence the con flicting opinions entertained as to the character of these mines even by those who have worked in them, and the difficulty of arriving at a fair average of wages. Ido not desire to become the ardent advocate of these mines, or to encourage any one to come to them"—particularly, he adds, "at this late season." The caution as to the perils likely to be encountered in the approaching winter was more than justified, it appears, not long afterwards —by the destruction by frost-bite of several un happy wanderers. These are the casualties almost inevitably to be encountered, however, at the out set in these strange regions and epochs of specula tion. They are the faculce and the macula upon the sun of prosperity shining over the Goldfields alike of British Columbia, of Australia, of Califor nia. We must there take wealth as it comes to us, in the rough, and make the best of it. The foot . . steps of th e fi rs t adventurers along the banks of Fraser River will wear the paths smooth at last for the future colonists of British Columbia. The Countess Apponyi has issued cards for an Emily Duch assembly at Chandos House on Monday evening. in ,Hilt-street,hlaioteens in AZ t s h o e f re ß si e de a ' n u e f e o Beaufort the e s H ta o k n n mi a ss m e an us t s . i on Ar lington-street. evening, of n of Salisbury has an assembly this h ev e e c for Ireland. The Dowager Lady s Desart will shortly leave town Suffield has left Claridge's 'n.)resr. Grosvenor-street. a H n o a tel from Bealuepre Hall, Glouces tershire.Hotel for her residence in tipp er Townley have arr l v h ed e e c v ia . rid M ge r :s Lord Advocate had an interview yesterday ew with l with the Earl of Derby. Mr. Stuart Wortley had also an interview his lordship. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands were rec eived y esterda y a t the Colonial office. Despatches were sent . to the Governors o f A ustralia, Hong Kong, Ceylon, Mauritius,, Labuan, Malt a , Can a d a , and the Bahamas. DEATH OF LADY.DELAMERE.—We are sorry to announce the demise of Lady Delamere. Her ladyship di e d on Thursday morning at the family mansion in Portman_ square, after a slight indisposition, extending over a few weeks, which excited no alarm to the - relatives of her lady ship. The deceased lady was second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, and was born Decembe r 4, 1828. The lamented lady was married in 1848 to Lord Delamere, then the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley. DEATH OF THE HON. WA. MAULE.—We have to record the death of the Hon. Wm. Malik, youngest son of the late Lord Panmure by his first marriage with Miss Gordon, daughter of Mr. Gilbert Gordon, and brother and heir presumptive to the present peer. The hon. gentleman was born 29th M'arch, 1809, and married in 1844 Miss Biny, daughter of Igr. Thomas Binuy. - NAVY VOLUNTEERS.--A return, obtained by Mr. Crawford, M.P., shows that in 1156 (the last year of a long series), there were fresh entries of first-class volunteers, naval cadets, and midshipmen into the Royal Navy amount. ing to 116 ; 13 were discharged for misconduct, 18 volun tarily, 70 passed for lieutenants, and 7 died. The number of naval instructors afloat was 71. The number of mates that passed for lieutenants in the year was 70, - while 8 were sent away for misconduct, 6 retired, 80 were promoted, and 4 died. Eighty lieutenants were made in the year, and 87 commanders. MlNES.—During the week the Mining Share Market has been active, and well supported, and a great demand for several mines, such as East Russell, East Basset, Rosewarne, Grambler and St. Aubyn, Hingston Down Consols, Pendeen Consols, Ludcott, Wheal Wrey, North Roskear, and a few others. Some of the- divi dend mines are lower in price, but chiefly owing to the greater amount of attention paid to progressive mines. Hingston Down Consols have been largely dealt in, and the price leaves off at 3i to 4i; the mine has greatly im proved, and from private sources we hear that the lode in the 110 fin. level is considerably better than stated in the official reports, and the ground, which was for merly so hard, and at £3O per fin., has now changed for the better, and set at only £lB per fin. ; the 100 fm. level, which is considerably ahead of the 100, is yielding 4 te . 5 tons per fm. ; a n d a s, moreover , th ere h ave b een large buyers of shares, we may fairly presume that the im provements are considered as of some importance by parties in the district; but great complaints are made by the Lon don shareholders at the meagreness of the official reports sent to the office.—Mining Journal of this day. SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 17.—PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.—At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Hemp, the officer, made proclamations of outlawry in the following cases. There is some expectation that such things will be abolished ; but it will require an Act of Parliament to dis pense with such an ancient custom, which is truly, as lawyers say, "from time immemorial :"—John Holmes, at the suit of George Nathan ' • John Scott, at the suit of Thomas Walker; Augustus Cookesley, at the suit of Francis Truefitt ; Edward Heat S. Butler, at the suit of Poulden and others; John Augustus Fano, at the suit of Joseph Ancona; James Vardy, at the suit of Joseph Bell; James E. Graham, at the suit of Edward James ; Sir F. W. Pottinger, Bart., at the suit of Edward Green; Wil liam Hill Tucker, at the suit of Elizabeth Tucker; John Augustus Fane, at the suit of John Joel ; James Pitt, at the suit of Joseph Joel. The "calling of names" is gene through on five occasions at monthly meetings, before pro ceeding to outlawry can be completed. The law might be altered by exhibiting the names in some office instead of performing the ceremony before the learned Under Sheriff. On the other hand• it is• said the publicity has done much good in'auchAnatters, and creditors have been paid in consequence. .1 1 , MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. —The bill "to legalise, marriage with a deceased wife's sister" appeared in print yesterday. ' It has already been read a second time in the House of Commons by a majority of 135 to 77 votes, and went through committee on Thurs day evening. The bill is a brief one. The preamble boldly ,asserts the expediency of amending the law as to marriage with the sister of a wife deceased, and the first clause at once summarily legalises all such marriages, whether solemnised prier or subsequent to the passing of the present measure of relief. It would appear, however, that while past marriages may have been celebrated at any time or place whatever, future marriages of this kind may. only be celebrated "in the office of any registrar ;" at least so we read the clause. There is a provision for saving the rights of property, and it is expressly enacted that the bill shall in no wise invalidate, alter, or affect any " canon or consti tution ecclesiastical" of the United Church of England and Ireland now in force. For some reason, hitherto unex plained, the benefit of the act is not to extend to Scotland or Ireland. The bill is endorsed with the names of Vis count Bury, Mr. R. Monckton Milnes, and Mr. Schneider. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War-office—Mr. Assistant Com- missary-General Addington Bayley and Mr Assistant- Commissary-General W. Stevens have retired from the service on retiring allowances of 15s. per diem. General Post-office—There are several vacancies for junior clerks in _ _ the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand commencing salary, £BO per annum. Foreign Department—The con sulship at Cairo has become vacant by the promotion of Mr. Walne ; salary £4OO. Customs—Mr. D. B. Preston, comptroller at Southampton, has been promoted to be col lector at Aberdeen; vice . Mr, Mackenzie, retired on super annuation. The comptrollership of Southampton is to be abolished. Mr. James Flint has been promoted from second to first-class clerk in St. Katharine's Docks, London. Inland Revenue Department—There is a vacancy in the Legacy and Succession Duty Office, Somerset House, for a junior clerk ; commencing salary £9O per annum. Excise Branch—Mr. Henry Lutwyche, supervisor of Walsall dis trict, Lichfield collection, has been appointed supervisor of Ottery district, Exeter collection. Mr. Charles P. Hen wood, supervisor of Ottery district, Exeter collection, has been appointed supervisor of Wellington district, in the same collection, vice Mr. Thomas Arthur, who retires on superannuation.—Civil Service Gazette. THE ROBBERIES FROM THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Thursday forenoon Thomas Broadly, Ely Allan, and William Fisher, were again brought before the Huddersfield magistrates on further charges of stealing quantities of cloth of various descrip tions from luggage trains on the London and North- Western Railway, between Huddersfield and Stockport. Cases were proved in which goods were sent by Messrs. Woodhead and Baker, of Huddersfield, to Messrs. Cousins, of Exeter ; by Messrs. Butterworth and Sons, of Hudders field, to Mr. Samuel Yoxall, of Birmingham; by Mr. Joseph Fox, of Huddersfield, to Mr. James Barnard, of Notting ham ; and by Messrs. Hodges, Wodhead, and Co., Hud dersfield, to lklr.*John Ball, of Birmingham. In each case the goods had not been received ; but the stolen goods now produced were identified. After some consultation, the magistrates unanimously committed the prisoners to take their trial on the charges alleged ; and added that " they considered the man Wilton to be no better than they; and, moreover, eonsidered that the standing of highly respect able houses would not be lowered if thfy avo . .d future such men as he, and such transactions as were now brought forward." Application for bail was refused.—Manchester Guardian. SINGULAR ROBBERY BY RATS.--Exactly a month ago a leather purse, containing 13 sovereigns, a £5 note, and some silver, was discovered to have been stolen from a place in which it had been put for safety in the shop of the Misses Rippon, 17, Pilgrim-street. The circumstances connected with the robbery and detection of the thieves are somewhat amusing, and the relation of them may operate as a caution to those who are in the habit of secreting money to be careful as to the spots where they deposit their property. The Misses Rippon reside at the Windmill-hills, Gateshead, and, before le av i ng th e s h op a t n i g ht , th ey h a d placed the purse containing , the money in a box underneath one of the counters, no doubt imagining that it would there elude the search of all depredators, should any in their noc turnal rambles visit the premises. The key of the shop is in trusted to a servant girl who opens it in the morning. She on the following day attended to her work as usual, but saw no signs of a burglary having been committed. When the Misses Rippon arrived, however, to their astonishment the purse was gone, and for some time its disappearance was involved in mystery. At length it was suggested that probably the rats might have removed it. A search was made, and although the boards of the floor were taken up, as also those of the adjoining shop, belonging to Mr. Pigg, tailor, no clue was found to the missing property until yes terday, when it was discovered safely lodged underneath the passage of Miss Jeffrey, which lies between the two shops. With the exception of a little having been nibbled off one corner of the purse, the owners received back the full amount they had so curiously lost.—Newcastlc Daily Express. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Yesterday, at the usual weekly meeting of the board, John Thwaites, Esq., in the chair, a memorial was p resen t e d b y a deputa tion from St. Martin's-in-the-Fieid s , on the subject of the level of new streets, and f rom th e ves t ry of Camberwell, on the subject of the main drainage precept, Mr. Bodkin being heard as counsel in support; and which latter, after com plaining of the inequality of taxation that existed at the present moment, requested that the board would not subject any portion of the property in the parish to a rate of more than 3d. in the pound. The only other point of any public interest was a report from the main drainage committee, stating that the engineer of the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Company is prepared to recommend that company to agree to tho proposition of this board to carry the main drainage works across the Barking branch of the railway, on condition that the levels of the soffits of the construction be respectively 18 ft. and 18.5 above the datum of the section, and that the works over the railways be carried over in such manner as may be approved by him, and upon this board paying to the company the sum of £5,000 as compensation for all loss and inconvenience, and for executing the necessary alterations of the railway, it being understood that the openings over the railway be in each case not less than 25 feet span on the square ; and re commending that the board do agree to those terms, and that the engineer and the solicitors be placed in communi • cation with the company, with a view to the necessary steps for carrying out the arrangement. WRECK OF A DUTCH VESSEL.—Capt. Hakker and the crew of the Dutch barque Lector et Emergo arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, to which place they had been for warded by Mr. T. Iremonger, agent to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society at Little Hampton. Capt. Hakker states that on the 16th inst., at 5 p.m., the weather being thick at the time, with a strong breeze from S.W., his vessel struck heavily on what afterwards proved to be the Owers, off Selsea Bill, and about a mile inside the light ship, and that immediately after striking she lost her rudder, and began to fill so rapidly that himself and crew had barely time to save themselves in the beat before she filled and settled down on tho rocks ; they then tried to reach the light-ship, but found they could not, although within a short distar so, it blowing a strong breeze from the S.W., and a deal of sea on. At 4 a.m. the next morning they were picked up by the schooner-Hannibal, of Littlehampton, and landed at that port, whence they were forwarded to the care of Mr. L. A. Van den Bergh, the Dutch consul at Portsmouth. Tho captain and crew have lost the whole of their effects. Capt. Hakker, with his consul, yesterday, left Portsmouth for Selsea, for the purpose of taking measures for securing any portion of the wreck or cargo that may wash ashore, but, from the distance of the vessel from the coast (about seven miles), very little hopes are entertained of recovering any thing of value. Mr. Atkinson, a London pilot, landed from the ship American Eagle, from London for New York, reports that when he passed the wreck yesterday morning, her main and wizen masts were both gone, and the ship was apparently breaking up. The Lector et Emergo was about three years old, 600 tons, fore and main lower masts Of iron, laden with sugar and coffee from Batavia, bound for Amsterdam. FRIGHTFUL DEATH AT A DISTILLERY.—Yester day evening a long inquiry took place at St. George's Workhouse, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, before Mr. Bedford,. coroner for Westminster, touching the death of Wm. Venor, aged 37, an engineer, employed at Smith's dis tillery, Thames Bank, who was killed upon the premises on Tuesday morning last, under circumstances of a most appal ling and lamentable nature. It appeared from the evidence given by a number of witnesses that the deceased was an engine driver. On the day in question, about 5 a.m., the bell was rung by Lawford, the foreman, to stop the engine. No answer was given, and the ring of the bell was repeated, but without any reply. Suspicion was then raised that something was wrong, and on entering the engine-room, a sight of the most horrible description presented itself. The mutilated remains of the unfortunate deceased were dis covered under the fly-wheel of the engine—the head was quite severed, the brains and pieces of the skull lying about. No direct cause for the calamity could be assigned, as none of the engine work had given way or been disorganised. The deceased was seen about ten minutes before the fright ful occurrence, when he was quite sober. He had full con trol over the engine-room. Arr. Smith, the proprietor of the distillery, in answer to questions from the coroner and jury, said that every precaution was used to prevent acci dents. The present was the first that had occurred in the establishment. A verdict of " Accidental death" was re turned, The deceased leas left a widow and family. , 6 - 1) 4: 1 Wl,lo. l* '' , „ b n o -1 - pt- „ A ,;..,,,.„,,,. THE SUN. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1859. WILLIAM and ALFRED PURSSELL, Con fectioners and. Biscuit Bakers, 78 and 80, Cornhill, and 4 and 5, Finch-lank, are and have been the SOLE pro prietors of the above business since 1857. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa l'y no and Mr. W. Harrison., runs EVENING THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. Weiss, Honey, St. Albyn, Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison. Miss Louisa Pyne and Miss Susan Pyne. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. 'fa conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's M.. thing. Commence at Seven, T HEATRE -ROYAL: DRURY-LANE, Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mr. an I Mrs. Bat ney Williams. Followed by BARNEY THE BARON. l'o conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. It OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled T lIE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mr. Buckstone, &c. Atter which, a new grand Comic pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager. Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING, will be produced a New Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE. After which, THE KING'S GARDENER. To conclude with a Grand Ballet and Scene from THE SIEGE Ole TROY. Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Harriet Dalton, Miss Jenny Lauri. Mr. John Lauri, and Corps de Ballet. - —" Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit 28. • Stalls, 58. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-pas' 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Revival of MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. Fifth appearance hi the New Theatre of Mr. Wright. Con tinued success of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Ail lington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Sims, Mrs. Ml lington. After which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at a quarter-past six —Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will be given of their appearance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the revived dra• matic Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL• WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additiona splendour, __ - • To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &c. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchansen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and nnsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the " New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill." Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this niorning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BeßommEit-30.33. WIND, Westerly; light,with dull weather. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MARSEILLES, FEB. 18. Athices have been received from Naples to the 15th inst. 'The daughter of. Count Aquilla had died on the previous day. The King was in too suffering a condition to be transported to Caserta. The Grand Duke of Tuscany will leave again at the end of the week. The Genoese papers speak of the formation in Piedmont of bases (cadres) for nine regiments to be composed of volunteers from other states. PARIS, FEB. 19. The Moniteur of this day contains the follow- mg:- A large military forage magazine (nagasin) at Vincennes was burnt yesterday evening. Two thirds of the stock of hay and straw were con sumed. The loss is estimated at 200,000 f. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Minister of Marine has decided that the landing companies on board ships of war shall be armed with rifles of the same pattern as those approved by the Minister of War. The person who will act as Plenipotentiary for the Ottoman Porte at the Conferences on the Moldo-Wallachian question is very probably M. Musurus, the resident Minister in Lcndon, or Prince KalHumid, who represents Turkey at the Austrian Court. , • An Imperial decree in the Moniteur nominates, Captain Tardy de Montravel; of the navy, to the post of Gov'ernor of French Guiana, in the room of Rear-Admiral 'BEtudin, recalled to France at his own request. Another decree announces officially the appointment, already known, of Captain Bosse to the command' of the French squadron on the west coast of Africa. He is to hoist his flag on board the Danae frigate. BOURSE, Feb. 18. The market has been steady, with . a slight improvement in prices, on a report that the Cabinets of France, England, Russia, and Prussia had agreed to open a special conference in order to prepare measures of reform to be intro duced into the Legations before the evacuation by the foreign troops. Austria, it was added, was to be invited to take part in these negotiations. Threes, after having been done at 67f. 85c. and 67f. 90c., are now at 68f. 10e. Mobilier varied from 775 f. to 782 f. 50c ; Austrian, 545 f. to 550 f. ; Or leans, 1,315 f. to 1,322 f. 50c.; Lyons, 832 f. 50c. to 8351. ; Southern, 515 f. to 517 f. 50c. The market continued about the same to the close, when the follpwing were the quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 97 50 f Credit Fonei er 645 Do. end month .. 97 30 I Belgian 4} 99 25 3 per Cents 6B —lPiedmonteso (5) .. 83 Do. end month 6B Roman B9 Bank Shares 2900 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 776 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 778 75 Home Debt 4O RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans' - 1325 .. 1322 50 Northern 930 .. 927 50 New ditto 795 .. 795 Lyons and Mediterranean 835 :. 835 New ditto Geneva 540 .. 538 75 Midi - ---- .. -- - Southern - Western ' 597 '5O .. Eastern Grand Central — • • Sardinian Austrian .. 675 - Exchane on London, at sight, paper, 25f.'15c. ; money. 25f. 10c. ; three month*, paper, 251. ; money, 24f. 95c. THE EAST. We have received the. Constantinople journals and letters to the 9th, brought by the Euphrate. The intelligence of the second election of Colonel Couza, which reached the Turkish capital by tele graph, had caused the greatest sensation, as it was considered completely contrary to the stipulations of the Convention of Paris. The unionist party had concocted a plan, the Constantinople journals state, fOr electing M. Nicolas Golesca in both pro vinces, but when they found that M. Couza had been successful in Moldavia, they substituted his name. The French steam advice boat Salamandre had left Constantinople for Alexandria, carrying an imperial firman sanctioning the execution of thirty of the sanguinary rioters at Djeddah. The Porte had also been applied to, to levy an extraordinary contribution , of 9 00,000 f. on the town as a punish ment for the massacre, but no order to that effect has been sent out by the Salamandre. A few months ago the Porte ordered surveys to be made for the draining of the extensive plain of Broussa, which, but for the fevers prevailing there, would be an inexhaustible source of agricultural wealth. These surveys having been completed, the Porte has im posed on Broussa a contribution of two millions of piastres for the expense of the draining operations, of which that town - will derive the principal ad vantages. SERVIA. It has been already mentioned that Prince Milosch had issued a proclamation to the people. It was as follows : " Noble nation and dear brethren.—Your old Hospodar Milosch is again in the midst of you ; and he moistens with his tears of joy that same country which he delivered with you from oppression. Fate perhaps decided that we should have been 20 years without seeing each other in order that we might be better acquainted. When abroad I wished to see my country, and you have been on your own territory like foreign orphans. Thanks to a merciful Creator, my. life has been preserved in order that we, who have never been separated in heart, might again come together. You, my faithful nation, have again raised me through the Skuptschina of St. Andre, to the dignity of 4ere ditary Prince of Servia, with the hereditary rights, which had been formerly granted to the Obrenowitch dynasty by the hatti scheriff issued to that effect. In greeting, by this proclamation, my well-beloved nation, I once more declare that during my life my only object will be to consolidate its happiness and its prosperity, as I in my youth pursued the object of its deliverance. I4u deliver up this precious inheritance to my son, the legal heir to the Servian throne and your future chief, Prince Michael. I trust in Provi dence that my faithful Servian nation will in the future support me and my successor with the same ardent love that has hitherto led us to the happiness, the glory, and the noble pride of the Servian. nation." WALLACHIA. A letter from Bucharest, of the 9th, in the Debats, gives a detailed account of the circum stances which led to the late election of Colonel Couza in the province of Wallachia :—" At the moment the election was approachingthere were four parties in the Assembly--the partisans of Stirbey, those of his brother Bibesco, those of Ghika, and the national party. Between the two brothers an agreement had been come to, that whoever had fewest supporters should yield, and join his forces to the other's. At a preliminary meeting whi c h the Ghika party held, it was decided that they should join . the national party, and that, at the opening of the Assemblyfor the election of Hospodar a protest should be presented by 30 members against the numerous illegalities of the general elections, with a declaration that the whole of the persons protesting were de termined to withdraw, unless the. Assembly broke the elections complained of. In the morning of the meeting of the Chamber the whole population pro ceeded towards the largo building where the Assembly was to meet. The doors and space round the building were guarded by military, who at first prevented any one from passing who had not a ticket. After a time, however, the crowd became impatient and forced_ an entrance, and the court and avenues of the Che.mber immediately became filled. The deputies, herAded by the Caimacans, who were assailed by loud, murmurs from the crowd, having taken their ple.ces, the bishop, who presided, an nounced the opening of the Assembly. Demetri Ghika then commenced the Parliamentary combat by proposing that the deputies who could not legally tEike (part in th e d e liberations should be ex cluded. A very warm di scu ssion ensued, and several deputies, among others the ex-Caimacan Alexander Ghika, Eoclolplw Golesco, admitted he illegalities which had been committed in their elections, and resigned. Before the end of the sitting it was resolved that three catekories of de puties should be excluded—those elected by accla mation, those by a relative instead of by an abso lute majority, and those chosen by electors whose names had been inscribed by the Caimacans on the electoral lists after they had been closed by the tribunal. On the following day, astonishment was caused by seeing the place of meeting of the As sembly surrounded by troops. Reports had been, it is true, current on the previous evening of an intended coup d'etat; that with the support of bayonets the Chamber was to be constituted, Bibesco proclaimed, and, in case of need, the oppo sitionists arrested. It was known that warrants for arrest had been issued against the deputies Rosetti and Bratiano, but that the police had re fused to execute them, urging in excuse for non compliance the inviolability of the representatives of the people. In the interior of the Chamber, the aspect of things had changed, and attempts were made to dispute the concessions made on the pre vious day. The immediate dismissal of the troops was called for—a demand which was energetically but peaceably supported by the people—and after a discussion of some hours, the armed force was ordered to withdraw. This occupied the greater part of the day, which terminated' by the exclusion of ten deputies, based on the conventions of the previous days. Two days had thus passed away, and the Chamber had not yet been constituted. In the evening two meetings were held, one com posed of persons of all shades of opinion belonging to the national party, and the other of the most violent members, among whom were the two bro thers Bibesco, and Stirbey. The greatest secrecy was observed as to the proceedings. Every one expected something decisive for the following day, and the whole population was on the qui vice at an early hour. A dense crowd assembled round the building in which the Assembly sat, the doors of which were only opened to those provided with , tickets. Troops were under arms, but were kept concealed from the public, and every measure was adopted to prevent any aggression. Immediately after the opening of the Assembly, Deputy Boyeresco approached the President, and respectfully requested him to retire with the members of the Chamber into a salle adjoining, to receive a private communica tion. This request was, after some little hesitation, agreed to. When assembled in the other room and the doors closed, Boyeresco, in an eloquent speech, pointed out the serious situation of the country, and besought all those who loved their country to remain faithful to the idea of the union. He conjured them all to set aside every other feeling, and to unite with their brethren in Mol davia in proclaiming Alexander Couza. The effect of this speech was magical. The whole party returned at once to the hail of sitting, and Nicholas Golesco, rushing to the tribune, renounced his candidateship. He was followed by Demetri Ghika, Jean Cantacuzene, and others, who all solemnly swore to vote for Couza, and a general cry was raised of ' Long live Couza!' Some per sons went out and announced what had taken place to the people, who loudly repeated the same cry. The deputies then returned into the other chamber, and after some preliminary observations, which made known to the diplomatic body what had taken place, the chamber declared its sitting permanent until the definitive election of the prince, and im mediately formed its bureaux. By seven o'clock in the evening Alexander Couza had been elected unanimously Prince of Wallachia." . Accounts from Hanover of the 15th state that the Second Chamber has rejected by a majority of 52 votes the proposal of the united committee of the two chambers to increase the duties on manu factures, and to impose a personal tax on landed proprietors. The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains more addresses to the Queen from Cuba, pro testing in energetic terms against the idea of selling the island to the Americans; one of these addresses contains as many as 5,500 signatures. The Government not havihg been able to obtain contain contracts for the projected works at Puerta del Sol, and not having thought fit to accept an offer to execute them for a given sum made by a capitalist, had resolved to apply to the Cortes for a credit to undertake them itself. The Duchess of Parma, according to the Opinione of Turin, has just signed a treaty with Austria, authorising this latter power to occupy all the forts of the State with her troops, in case of war. Accounts from Ticino give the following as the results hitherto known of the elections for the grand council of that canton. The canton is divided into 38 districts, each electing 3 members ; total 114 members. Out of that number, 57 elec tions have been completed, and 46 Liberal deputies have been returned against 11 Conservatives. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Etna has arrived with the United States mails. She left New York on the 6th instant. Among her cargo is specie to the value of 75,000 dols. for England. The democratic caucus on the tariff question is looked forward to with great interest. It is be lieved a resolution against changing the tariff will be adopted, with the important understanding that the decision is not to be binding on any member. The republican votes, however, in each house could carry a modification of the tariff. The Secretary of the Treasury has replied to the resolution calling for the actual and probable re ceipts from all sources, and expenses, for the fiscal year. He says the receipts during the first quarter of the present year were only 23,231,000 dols., and for the remaining three quarters are estimated at 38,500,000 dols., of which 37,000,000 dols. has come from Customs. It is estimated that the Pension Bill alone, which has passed the house, will add several millions to this year's expenses, and more still for the next year. As a means of revenue, he advocates the abolition of the franking privilege and the raising of the rates of postage to five cents. The present tariff, he thinks, should be so modi fied as to supply such deficiency as may exist, and he recommends his views on this question, as expressed in his annual report, to favourable consideration. He says that in the estimates of receipts and expenditure, the redemption of Trea sury notes has not been contemplated, all the cal culations having been made upon the basis of con tinuing them in circulation ; and, if they are to be redeemed, it will require nearly eighteen millions of dollars to do so, at the close of June next. Should. Congress adjourn without doing something to re lieve the Treasury it will be impossible to meet the current liabilities until another Congress can be convened. Although opposed to converting these notes into a permanent debt, he is in favour of ex tending their issue for two years. The New York Times states that Judge Roose belt, a brother-in-law of Lady Gore Ouseley, and an intimate friend of Mr. Bennett, of the New York _Herald, will be the ambassador to England on the retirement of Mr. Dallas. From Mexico we learn that both political parties in that country are sorely pressed for money to prosecute the war, and the Juarez Government is much embarrassed by the English and French ad mirals demanding prompt payment of the interest due on the conventional bonds. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 5. United States Fives are steady at yesterday's price. Among the speculative stocks all were, as a gener a l ru l e, a shade better to-day, except Pacific Mail, which was..freely offered at the first board, and of which the price declined one per cent. The sale of cotton yesterday was confined to about 500 to 600 bales, chiefly in transitu. The mar k e t was un settled, and dealer's awaiting later foreign news. Flour closed rather firmer for common and medium brands .while other kinds were unchanged, and sales moderate. Wheat was more firmly held. Corn was in fair demand, and sales fair, at 791 e. to 80c. for new white Jersey and Southern, 80c. for yellow Jersey, and 80c. to 81k. for southern ditto ; western mixed was held at 87c. Pork was less buoyant, while sales of new mess were made at 18 dols. 50c., of old at 18 dols., and of prime at 13 dols. 50c. to 13 dols. 621 c. Beef was steady. Lard was active and firm, including sales on the spot and to arrive at full prices. Sugars were firm, and the sales embraced about 1,100 or 1,200 hhds., with GO melado, at full prices. Coffee was steady, with sales of about 1,600 bags of Rio, part at 11c. to Freight engagements were moderate, and rates without change of moment. A rumour has been circulated that the new India Loan of £7,000,000 will be in the form of 4f per Cent. De bentures, redeemable in 10 years, and to be issued at par. It is scarcely probable, however, that the real terms will be allowed to transpire until they are formally advertised: REPRESENTATION OF MA.RILEBONE. Last evening, in accordance with public announce ment, a meeting of the electors of the borough of Marylebone, resident in Paddington, was held at Pearce's Riding School, Westbourne-grove, for the purpose of hearing the opinions of Colonel Romilly as a candidate for the borough. Mr. Wm. DICKENSON, churchwarden of Padding ton, was called to the chair, and was supported by a large number of influential electors of the district. The CHAIRMAN Said that Colonel Romilly had attended for the purpose of stating his political opinions, and to state his views upon subj ec t s th a t might be looming in the distance. He concluded by introducing the gallant candidate to the meeting. Colonel ROMILLY was very warmly received. He observed that some four years ago he was in vited to stand for that borough by a number of the Liberal party, but circumstances at that time in duced him to decline the honour. On Monday night last he heard that Lord Ebrington was about to resign, and on Tuesday morning lie saw his lord ship's address in the papers. Having then ascer tained that the honourable gentleman who had contested the borough with Lord Ebrington, Mr. Jacob Bell, was in such an unfortunate state of health at this time as to preclude the possibility of his coming forward, he (Colonel Romilly) thought it would not be presumptuous in him to offer himself to the electors. (Applause.) The hon. candidate then proceeded to explain his political sentiments. He was for a very large increase of the franchise, with vote by ballot. He preferred triennial to septennial Parliaments, and considered that there should be a more equal dis tribution of the franchise by a re-arrangement of electoral districts. He also believed and considered that the day ought not to be far distant when the franchise in boroughs and counties should be assi milated. In reference to the increase of members to large constituencies, he' thought that if the great boroughs or districts were not divided, that the parties would be voting for members by lists, and should a particular party be successful with an entire list, then, although the minority might be very close, they would be entirely unrepresented. He would, therefore, be in favour of a subdivision of the great constituencies into smaller boroughs and districts. (Rear, hear.) After avowing him self a determined opponent of church-rates, and a warm friend of local self-government, the gallant candidate expressed his readiness to answer any question which the electors chose to put to him, and resumed his seat amidst renewed applause. Mr. ROCIIE said he found the gallant colonel a more thorough reformer than he had expected to find him, and therefore he had much pleasure in moving " That he is pre-eminently qualified to re present the borough of Marylebone in Parliament." Mr. J. H. BAYLIS seconded the motion. Mr. COSTELLO moved, amidst shouts of laughter and uproar, that Col. Romilly was not worthy of confidence. After some difficulty in obtaining a seconder, the amendment was then put and negatived, and the original motion carried, with one dissentient, amidst loud cheers and lciughter. Colonel ROMILLY having returned thanks, a similar compliment was paid to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated with three cheers for Colonel Romilly. MEETING OL LIBERAL ELECTORS. A meeting of the liberal electors of the Borough of Marylebone took place last evening at the Lite rary Institution, Edward-street, Portman-square, to consider what steps ought to be adopted to select a fit and proper representative for the borough in the place of Viscount Ebrington, resigned. The chair was taken by Mr. Nicolay. Mr. C. GEORGE, of Oxford-street, moved the fol lowing resolution :—" The address of Col. Romilly, and the retiring address of Lord Ebrington coming out at the same time, coupled with the haste in moving the writ, induces this meeting to come to the conclusion that a spirit of dictation and unfair-. ness has been attempted to be practised on the con stituency, and ought to be firmly resisted as de priving the constituency of a free choice." Mr. D'IFFANGER, jun., said that a cheat had been attempted to be put on the meeting by the re solution submitted to it, for the addresses of Col. Romilly and Lord Ebrington had not " come out at the same time," for that of Lord Eb r i ng t on h a d appeared in the Daily News and Morning Adver tiser the day before that of Colonel Romilly was published. Mr. WYLD, M.P., stated that Mr. Edwin James had told him that evening that he would go to the poll if properly invited—(cheers)—and he certainly wished to see a man of the talent, power, and eloquence of Mr. James, representing such a great constituency as Marylebone. The meeting was then addressed by Mr. WALL and other electors, after which the resolution was passed by an immense majority, the words " com ing out at the same time" having been substituted, in consequence of the observations of Mr. D'lffanger, by ," coming out almoSt simultaneously." Mr. HOOPER moved the second resolution " That in the opinion of this meeting, - Edwin James, Esq., possesses in an eminent degree all the required qualifications, and that he be solicited to become a candidate in the place of Lord Ebrington, resigned." This resolution, having been seconded by Mr. Wyld, M.P., was carried almost unanimously, and amid great cheering. The meeting was here delayed for some time, in the expectation that Mr. James, who was sent for after the passing of the last resolution, would attend and express his political sentiments to the electors; but as Mr. James was unable to attend, the meeting was adjourned, and a vote of thanks given to the chairman for his able conduct in the chair. Three cheers were given for Mr. James, and the meeting then separated. THE OTTOMAN RAILWAY. Annexed is the explanation of the directors of the Ottoman Railway with reference to the com plaint laid by . the committee of the Stock Exchange of irregularities in their subscription list. The character of the board will be accepted by all who are acquainted with it as a perfect guarantee of the good faith of their statements "Ottoman Railway (from Smyrna to Aidin), 2, St. Michael's-house, Cornhill, Feb. 17. " Sir,—With reference to the resolutions of the Stock Exchange committee, which appeared in this day's papers, I beg to state that, when application was made for a quota tion of the shares of this company in the official list of the Stock Exchange, the directors fully believed that they had strictly complied with the rules and regulations of that establishment. "The number of shares taken altogether, in England and Turkey, was upwards of 50,000, of which 'the deposit' had actually been paid to the credit of the company upon upwards of 43,000 when the application was made to the Stock Exchange to have the shares placed upon the list. This exceeds the proportion of two-thirds required as a qualification, the total number of the comp an y' s s h ares being 60,000. " The directors were under the conviction that the shares of the contractor and of the concessionnaires were: properly included in the number certified ; that they were in every respect bona Ale shares as much as any other taken by the general public, and entitled to be so regarded, the responsi bilities and liabilities of all being alike and equal. "From this view, however, the committee of the Stock Exchange dissent, although their printed regulations make no exception to any shares. If, therefore, the directors have erred in this respect, it has been wholly unintentional, and they will lose no time in making the necessary arrange ments for complying with the Stock Exchange regulations and obtaining the replacement of the company upon the official list. " The directors are prepared to give the shareholders of the company at the general meeting, which will be held next month, the fullest information, and to explain to th e i r satisfaction every step which h as Veen taken to carry out the objects of the company. "MACDONALD STEPHENSON, Chairman." THE FRENCH PRESS. The Independence Beige gives the following as a copy of a circular which has recently been addressed by the French Government to the prefets, in ex planation of the Emperor's speech : Paris, Feb. 12. M. le Prefet,—The speech delivered by the Emperor on opening the Legislative Chambers has become the subject of very contradictory comments, the result of which is to agitate and unsettle the public mind. This is an evil which must be remedied. The policy of the Emperor is as de finite as it is elevated. Immoveably established, as he has said, in the path of right, justice, and national power, it is never provocative, but will never be pusillanimous. It is ready to manifest itself wherever the cause of justice and civilisation is to be assisted. It is important, M. le Prefet, that the journals published in your department should also be inspired with this noble sentiment, and that they s h ou ld sa y t o th e p o p u l a ti on , for this is the thought of the Emperor, that war without a le gitimate motive is impossible, but that if the preservation of his honour demands it, if one of those causes should arise to which France is at all times passionately attached, tho Government will not retreat from the idea of war, for war would then be a necessity. Let the papers say, and say again, that towards whatever result the will of the Empe ror may lead it, it is the duty of the nation which has so often received the benefit of his wisdom, and which he has made so great, to follow without hesitation. A danger greater than any that can be incurred by war is, that the spirit of the nation may become careless of all but material interests, and forget the traditions of honour and patriotism. In this spirit the editors of journals should wr it e, I f it is power ofEmperor, the which hasimad e it se lf heard press to raise it e a anguago to the throughout Europe, it can at least a b s t a i n f rom weakening not t e in ad t o h p e ted pby the effect of this interpretation by manifesting egotism or pusillanimity.—Receive, &c., DELANGLE. The Oriental Bank Corporation have notified that the supplemental charter applied f or su b sequently to the last annual meeting has been granted by her Majesty's Government. THE NAVY. Yesterday morning the officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, at Forton-barracks , Gosport, were assembled at full parade in the bar rack square to witness the presentation of a silve r medal and gratuity to a non-commissioned officer of the corps, awarded him by the Lords of the Ad miralty for long and meritorious services. 11711, --e n the men had been formed in the usual order Colour' Sergeant Williams was called to the front, and after being addressed in appropriate terms by Colonel- Commandant T. Hurdle, C. 8., and Aide-de -Camp ' to the Queen, had the medal fastened to his breast in the presence of the battalion on parade. Colour . Sergeant Williams received with the medal the gratuity of £l5. A similar ceremony took place the previous day at Fort Cumberland, the head-quarter s of the Artillery Companies of the Royal Marines , when the gallant Colonel presented Colour-Sergean t Small, Royal Marine Artillery, with the silver medal and the £l5 gratuity from the Lords of the Admiralty—also awarded for long and meritorious service. Her Majesty's ship Nankin, 50, C o m mo dore the Hon. K. Stewart, was paid off at Chatham yester day. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Termagant, 25, Captain R. Hall, fitting at Portsmouth, bent sails yesterday. The following appointments were made yester• day at the Admiralty :—Commander C. T. Curial to the Algiers; H. Wilson, Assistant-surgeon, t° the Algiers; R. Muuday, Paymaster additional to the St. Jean d'Acre ; John St. John Wagstaffe, As' sistant Paymaster, to be secretary's clerk of the Chesapeake ; Edward R. Key, Assistant.payniete,rl to be secretary's c l er k o f th e Vi c t ory; H enr y K. Houghton, Clerk, to the Arrogant ; Alexander D. M'Arthur, Clerk, to the Chesapeake ; Nicholas B. Dennys, Clerk, to the Britannia; Alfred Hackman , ; Master's Assistant, to the Persian ; Henry M. C,; Welsh, Master' s A ss i s t an t, t o th e G annet; a n d , John Aylen, Mast er ' s A ss i s t an t , to t h e Termagam• THE ARMY. Orders have been received at the head-quarter° of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, for the A troll of the Mounted R o y a l 'E ng i neer T ra i n to proecea, from Brompton b arrac k s t o Ald ers h ot on t h e 2d 01 March, for the purpose of performing summer duty at the camp. A small detachment of the enginee r train will remain at Chatham for duty at that gar' rison. Lieut. C. G. Gordon, R.E„ who has lately re turned to this country from Turkey, where he was employed on the boundary expedition, has been appointed second instructor of fieldworks' tions at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chat ham, vice Captain A. W. D urn f or d. The next examinations to be made by the Cowl,' cil of Military Education will take place in the ha" of Chelsea College, instead of at Burlington-house , Piccadilly. The inconvenience attending the meet ings of the council at the latter place, b o th to the examining authoritie s an d th e candidates, has ill' duced the Governme n t t o appo i nt and prepare We hall for the purpose. THE ARMY ESTIMATES FOR 1859-60. The army estimates for the ensuing financia l year were publi s h e d y es t er d ay . Th e gran d tots.' sum which the Secretary for War will ask at the hands of the House of Commons is 11,568,06 01 ! viz., 9,240,5551. for the effective, and 2,147,505/. Or the non-effective services. There is a decrease on the estimates of last year (1858-9) of 9,6951. (net), th e estimates of the last year having amounted t° 11,577,7551. There is an increase in the following items—viz., land forces (pay, &c.), 43,447/. ; partment of the Secretary of State for War and tlia General Commanding-in-Chief, 2,617/. ; manufaca turing establishments, storekeepers, &c., 10,0 0 ' wages of artificers, &c., 87,836/. ; warlike stores for sea and land service, 83,3611.; fortifications, 39,338 1 1 civil buildings, 83,7271. • barracks, 118,031/. 1 % 0 ' educational and scientific branches, 5,2451. The l l is the large dec rease o f 289 , 460/ . i n t h e item ° " clothing and necessaries ;" one of 48,020 1 . that of provisions, forage, and fuel ; and one o f 53,2921. in miscell aneous c h arges on accoun t o f tau land forces. The items themselves figure in the gr o as follows ; viz., land forces (pay and allowanees3' 3,724,4741. ; ditt o , (miscellaneous charges' 562,369/. ; the embodied militia, 150,0001,; volun' teer corps, 88,000/. ; Departments of the Secreted for War and the Commander-in-Chief, 185,50' manufacturing establishments, military store' keepers, barrack-m as t ers , l o d g i ng money , re nts' &c., 359,040/. ; wages of artificers and labourerof 626,1531. ;, clothing and necessaries, 400,000/. ; Po' visions, forage, fuel, light, beddin g , &c., 1,003,6 041; warlike stores for land and sea service, 718,08 81 •; fortifications, 325,072/. ; civil buildings, 212,5076; barracks, 797,1221.; and educational and scientific branches, 268,532. The non-effective items are Rewards for service; 25,370/. ; pay of general offi* cers, 76,067/. ; pay of reduced and retired officer!' 505,7021.; widows' pensions and compassionate al lowances, 185,916/. ; pensions, &c., to wounde d officers, 44,433/.; in-pension, 30,734/. ; 1,145,3801.; and superannuation allowance' 133,903/. The number of the land forces to be actually , vote& is 122,655, against 130,135 last year—equivalent to a decrease of 7,480. The force includes 6,306 0 ,.. 4 111- cers, 9,309 non-commissioned officers, and 107,1 privates—with 12,839 ho rses . Th e t o t a l f o rce 1 the regiment a l es t a bli s h ments is 121,601 of au ranks ; and th e f orce o f the staff, 1,054 of all rankfi• The forces of her Majesty in India (classed sepa rately) include 91,197 men of all ranks—viz., 1 10 ,5 r , Horse Artillery, 829 ; caval r y o f th e line, 8,2L1 Royal Artillery-, 7,878; Royal Engineers, 5 r,„; military train, 287 ; i n f an t r y o f th e li ne , 74 1 11" and medical staff corps, 63; forming a total for!! of 91,879, against 79,494 in 1858-59. The depots of regiments in India stationed in Great Brite . ii! figure for 15,005 ; w hi c h ra i ses t h e force on 0;„ East India E s t a bli s h men t t o 106 ,962, and so raolce the gross tot a l o f h er M a j esty ' s f orces ' t o be (122,655 and 106,902) 229,557. Only 122,655 men however, will be voted by the h ouse . Th e Ind force of horses is 11,231, whi c h, a dd e d t o 12,81 (the number t o b e vo t e d), ma k es a grand total ° f 24,069. The administration of martial law costs the countri 50,2991. (including the military prisons); the inovr ment of troops, 129,000/. ; divine service, 42,3 66 t1 medals for rewards, 3,000/. ; gratuities to soldier ; discharged by indulgence, and as rewards, 9, o ° ° : t the Guernsey and Jersey Militia, 4,058/. ; the cos of the force maintained in Labuan (repaid to Inv"_„ Government), 5,750/. ; the pay of the Gerniu'' " military settlers" at the Cape of Good 1 10 P e ' 18,133/. The General Commanding-in -Chief receives abo ut f nine guineas a d a y, or 3,4581. a year ; and each ° f his aides-de-camp receive 38s. a day, or 6931. 1 0 e• year. The Military Secretary has 2,000/., and the Adjutant-General 1,3831. a year. Barracks figure for 526,6051., including an it e ll of 120,0001. for the purchase of a site and towar the erection of new barracks in London. The land forces of her Majesty include (cavalry.) two regiments of Royal Horse Artillery, two regi ments of Life Guards, the Royal Regiment of ger s a Guards, seven regiments of Dragoon Guards, a ll „. 18 of Dragoons ; t wo R oya l reg i ments of Artillery the Riding-house T roo p, th e Artillery, two regiments of Royal Engineers, two of Military Train, one re g i men t o f G renadier Guards (2,694 strong), one of C o ld s t ream G uards (1,797), one Scots Fusilier Guards (1,809), 100 regiments 43 ' Foot (strength fro m 1,000 to 1,400 odd), four hatt f r lions of the Rifle Brigade, three West India req l ; ments, and about 11 Coloni a l corps , i nc l u di n g , "; African Artillerymen, and 88 " gun L ascars ' at Hongkong. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. Some spirited betting took place upon the Lincoln lian cli ; cap, Broadlands being the lion of the day, and closed r cidedly first favourite at 9to 1, taken freely. Orleans. {or some time looked very "fishy ," 10 to 1 being offered agluf,'" him, but subsequently that price became unobtaintw i fir For the Liverpool Steeplechase the Brewer was remarka", is firin, at any advance upon 9 to 1 ; for a time 100 to 9 was currently offered against Jealousy, but closed at 10 to taken freely —a commission to take that price to £5O be ll) ; unexecuted. 100 t o 7 wou ld h ave been taken about Lit i t Charley. 10 to 1 was taken to £25 about Little Agnesl4 the Northamptonshire Stakes. The betting, upon whole, is anything but brisk. - CLOSING PRICES. LINCOLN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Broadlands (take 9to 1 freely) 10 to 1 agst Orleans (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst English Rose (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mr. Sykes (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Stapleton (taken) 100 to 7 agst Surprise (offered) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst The Brewer (take 10 to 1 freely) 9to 1 agst Jealousy (take 10 to 1) 100 to 8 agst Little Charley (take 100 to 7) 50 to 1 agst Old Dog Tray (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) 50 to 1 agst Black Bess (take 66 to 1) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken) CHESTER CIIP. ,rlOO to 8 agst Drogheda (offered) 25 to 1 agst Herne (take 30 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Simpleton (taken and offered) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Promised Land (take 11 to 1): -4 11