The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

TILE PA REPEAL. Yesterday morning, in accordance with a requi sition to the Mayor, a meeting of the citizens of Manchester was held in the Town-hall to protest against any attempt in the House of Lords to re ject the Bill for the Repeal of the Paper Duties. The MAYoR (Mr. Mackie) said he was glad to find such a large muster of the citizens to discuss a question of so much importance. (Hear, hear.) On the last occasion on which he presided over a meeting in that hall they met to congratulate one another on Mr. Gladstone's excellent Budget, and certainly it appeared both unwarrantable and un usual on the part of the House of Lords to interfere with any Money Bill emanating from the House of Commons, as representing the people. (Cheers ) He had called this meeting on the requisition of upwards of lie>o of the most influential of the people of Manchester, and lie hoped such an expression of opinion would proceed from it as would have some weight in inducing their lordships not to accede to the proposal which was to be laid before them on Monday. (Cheers.) M r . T. B. POTTER MOVsA the first resolution : "That in the opinic.n of this meeting the proposal of Lords Monteagle and Derby to reject the bill for the repeal of the excise upon paper, and thus to saddle the country with taxation to the amount of £1,200,000 not required by the Crown, and remitted by the Commons, will be, if suc cessful, an unwarrantable interference with the right of the House of Commons to originate and determine the taxation of the country, and ought to be strenuously resisted by the great body of the people." (Cheers.) He quoted the words of the late Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords in May, 1816, when the repeal of the Corn Laws was under discussion, in order to show what was the opi nion given by an authority which would com mand their lordships' respect on an issue simi lar to the present. The duke told the peers that the measure came to than as passed by a majo rity of the House of Commons and recommended by the Crown ; that the Ilouse of Lords would therefore stand alone if they rejected it ; and it was a position in which he had frequently said they ought not to stand, because they possessed, as it was, great influence on public opinion, but without the House of Commons and the Crown they could do nothing, and " there was end to their func tions." (Hear, hear.) If this had been said at Manchester it would have been called revolu tionary, but it might be said even more appro pi iately on the present question than on the one decided in 1846, for in this case it was even more purely an interference with taxation. (Cheers.) Mr. H. RAwsoN seconded the resolution, and re marked that to any one who scrutinised the divi sion lists it would be apparent that the majority in the House of Commons, had there been represen tation in proportion to property and population, would not have been only 10, but probably up wards of 100. (Hear.) And if the bill were re jected in the House of Lords, the rejection would probably be brought about by the use of proxies on behalf of persons who were travelling about all over Europe, some of whom, perhaps, had never taken the smallest part in the discussions of that branch of the Legislature. Mr. Alderman HEYWOOD, in support of the re solution, contended that all competent authority was against the propriety of the course about to be taken by Lord Derby on this question, and that the position of those who wished to drive the present Government from office would only prove to have been weakened if their motion succeeded. (Loud cheers.) Mr. It. COOPER said the working classes had dis played a degree of moderation and an observance of peaceful policy for the last 20 years which were ap parently mistaken for boorish apathy, but their pa tience would certainly be soon exhausted by conti nual obstruction to reform of every kind. The question was no longer whether the industrial classes were intelligent enough for the franchise, but whe ther the aristocracy were intelligent enough to be intrusted with political power. The ignorance now to be dreaded was not that of the masses but that of their rulers. (Cheers.) Mr. HEELIS (ex-Mayor of Salford) said some of the speakers objected to being taxed, as they said, by the House of Lords. He objected, on the other hand, to be taxed by the House of Commons. He preferred to be taxed by the whole Parliament, which included both houses and the Crown ; and he opposed a resolution which improperly denied the House of Lords its clear right to a voice in the de cision of such a question. Mr. G. WILSON, who was received with loud cheering, quoted the authority of Mr. May, in op position to the view of the last speaker, and had no doubt it would be clearly shown in the ensuing de bates that the rejection of this bill by the Lords would be quite at variance with constitutional prac tice. (Hear, hear.) Dr. WATTS said it was evident that if this excise duty were continued by the House of Lords in op position to the recommendation of two-thirds of the Parliament—as it was defined by Mr. Heelis—it amounted to a reimposition of taxes by the Upper House which the advisers of the Crown declared not to be wanting. He considered that the experi ence of the past 11 years as to the results of the re mission of such duties as this was so decisive as to justify him in using the strongest expression he could select, and denounce as " a lie" the assertion that the amount of revenue to be parted with was required by the financial necessities of the State. He believed the true reason of the opposition to the measure was the opposition of the House of Lords to the system of direct taxation, so much favoured by Mr. Gladstone's budget, and of which the aris tocracy feared the consequences as unfavourable to their own interests. (Hear, hear.) Mr. AMBROSE (barrister), in the course of an argument against the resolution, which was listened to with great impatience, cited Mr. Hallam as an authority in support of the alleged " interference" by the House of Lords. He proposed an amend ment, which was not seconded. Mr. BROOME, an operative, said he would appeal from Mr. Hallam to a still higher constitutional authority on all questions, and that was the people of England, who were clearly against the inter ference of the House of Lords in matters of taxa tion. (Great cheering.) The resolution was carried, with three dissentients. The meetinc , was afterwards addressed by Mr. W. Clarke, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Butterfield, and Mr. C. S. Grundy, and the proceedings terminated with the adoption of a petition to the House of Com mons and a memorial to Lord Palmerston. THE METROPOLITAN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. Yesterday Mr. Wakley, the coroner, and a jury resumed an inquiry, adjourned from the previous Thursday, at the Lord Nelson Tavern, Duke's-row, Euston-road, on the body of Andrew Lawford Wall, aged eight years, the son of a glazier, living at 51, Burton-street, Burton crescent. The investigation involved the conduct either of the directors or of Mr. Jay, the contractor of the works for constructing the Metropolitan Under ground Railway, passing under the Euston-road to King's•cross. It appears that loud complaints have been made by the inhabitants of the road and pavements being blocked up by the immense mounds of clay and soil thrown out of the excavations for the new sewer connected with the works of the Metropolitan Railway. On Tuesday, the Bth inst., the deceased, with some other children, was on one of these mounds, and whilst stooping to pick up a piece of clay, a portion of the mound slipped, and the child was pitched head foremost under the wheels of an omnibus passing at the moment, which went over his head, neck, and chest. Strange to relate, the child jumped up and ran several yards, and then fell dead in the arms of a man who rushed forward to rescue him. No blame whatever was attributable to the omnibus driver; but the question arose as to whether under the Act of Parliament for constructing the railway the mounds were legally placed where they existed—whether due care and precaution had been taken on the part of the con tractor and engineer of the company regarding them—and, therefore, whether criminality attached to any party in the matter. In order to ascertain these points the inquiry was adjourned, to enable the coroner to see the Acts of Parliament, and lay his opinion before the jury. Mr. Jay, the contractor, was present, with Mr. Valiance, his soFeitor. The Coroner stated that he found that by the 162 d section of the Metropolitan Railway Act, these mounds had been placed there contrary to the Act of Parliament, and that they had in many instances existed over three mouths, which, by another clause, empowered the p ar i s h surveyor to give no lice, if not removed, to put the road in repair, and compel the company to pay for it. He could not find that criminality attached to any one, however, as the child had no business where it was when the accident happened. The jury could, however, re cord their opinions. The jury returned the following special verdict : —" That Andrew Lawford Wall died from the effects of injuries of his head and chest, caused by their being crushed by a certain omnibus; and the jurors farther say, that the said Andrew Lawford Wall fell from a heap of clay and sub-soil, which had been left in the Euston-road by the contractor of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The jury further consider it to be their duty to state, that the works where the accident happened have been exe cuted in a careless, unguarded manner, and in a way calculated to endanger human life. The jury further consider that the surveyor of the vestry has neglected to see that the provisions of the law have been carried into effect." The proceedings then terminated. NEWS FROM SEBASTOPOL. The Polly Smith arrived in Hull on Monday last from Sebastopol, with 102 tons old rope, ;:_; tons old hen anchors, 147 tons old iron, 117 to Is old iron guns, and 150 tons cattle bones. Ft sin Captain Smith, who has been in Sebastopol two months, and during that time has been frequently in the com pany of Col. Gowen, the American c ntractor with the Russian Government for raising the sunken ships in the harbour, we find that the accounts which appeared in the papers a few weeks back re specting the scandalous state of the British grave yards, and the indignities therein exhibited, are corroborated; the colonel having expressed his deep regret at seeing a great many of the grave stones which marked the last resting-place of our brave officers and soldiers scandalously disfigured. The cemeteries present a forlorn and dilapidated appearance. Colonel Gowen, it seems, entertained an idea that it might be sailors who had so wantonly disfigured the gravestones by cutting them with sharp instruments and obliterating the inscriptions ; but on being shown the improbability of such an exhibition of feeling, he retracted that opinion, and he subsequently expressed his opinion that it was the Russians. At Cathcart's-hill, where lie so many fine heroic officers and men who bravely fell, and over whose last remains humble monu men ts were placed, there is nothing but disorder and dila pidations to be seen, headstones and other funeral ornaments which had been placed over and around the graves having been removed and scattered about in all directions. In most of the cemeteries the walls have been broken down by the cattle which graze within what should be the enclosures. As for the monument, an obelisk 10 or 11 feet by 4, composed of soft stone, which is nearly the only stone to be got there, erected to the memory of the British army, though having been spared in the general demolition, an attempt has, nevertheless, been made to obliterate the inscriptions on three sides. It is of course presumed that the Russians are the perpetrators of this base indecency, and the Emperor of Russia's attention having been called to the fact, he has at length issued a declaration set ting forth that all persons caught in the act, or proved to have disfigured the gravestones of the British troops who are buried there, will be severely punished. Capt. Smith states that if something is not done to protect the cemeteries, there will not he a mark left in two years' time to show where any of our brave fellows are buried, though Sebastopol will undoubtedly bear signs of the besieging forces for generations. Col. Gowen deserves the thanks of all Englishmen, for he has been untiring in his efforts to protect the gravestones and the ceme teries, and he has repeatedly caused some of his men, superintended by himself, to rebuild the dila pidated walls. Col. Gowen, who has now been en gaged for a considerable time in raising the sunken ships, has succeeded in raising all the Russian fleet with the exception of 18 of the larger ships. More over, he has also 700 very heavy guns yet to raise, and is waiting for heavier cable before he com mences operations. Meanwhile his men are actively engaged in completing a patent slip for his pur poses. He employs between 200 and 300 hands, con sisting of American engineers, Russians, and a few English and Irish labourers, the raising of the ships and the making of the patent slip being about the only work going on. A few of the residents, who received a portion of the 1,000,000 roubles paid to the people of Sebastopol, who lost considerable pro perty during the campaign, have commenced to build a few houses, but beyond that nothing has been done in the way of restoration. The hospital, once such a magnificent building, is now completely gutted, and the dwellings are miserable wooden huts or houses, the primary element of which is wood, with a little of the soft stone before alluded to. The Russians are exceedingly jealous of all per sons, particularly the English, who visit Sebasto pol ; and no sooner does a vessel arrive in port than a customs officer boards her, examines every bundle, and seizes every printed book, So unscrupulous are these officials, that Col. Gowen —though one would imagine that, working amongst them, some latitude would be extended to him—has had three boxes, containing wearing apparel, &c., for hi mse lf an d wife, seized, and, without any ceremony whatever, the contents, with the exception of a few trinkets, sold. He was able to buy the trinkets and what few things remained, but he had to pay an extra ordinary high price for them. The captains of Eng lish vessels are fined on every trifling pretence ; one was fined 50 roubles because a dead mule was lying alongside the morning after his arrival in the port, and which the officials alleged he had shot. Capt. Smith himself barely escaped being mulcted in the same penalty, in consequence of claiming an anchor which he had placed in the ground to moor to, and which had been removed by a Russian. Newspa pers, of course, are strictly prohibited, and the only means of communicating with friends there is to send first to some one at Odessa ; by him it must be forwarded to Col. Gowen, and by him transmitted to the party for whom it is intended. We believe that the search for bullets and guns is nearly at an end, the iron and lead harvest being almost reaped. —Eastern Counties Herald. THE NEW MODE OF T.AKING THE CENSUS. The following is an extract from a letter on this subject which has been forwarded to us, but is too long for insertion entire : " The present bill simply proposes to ask each individual to state his or her religious profession. I object very strongly to this mode of taking a reli gious census, and believe it to contrast very unfa vourably with the course followed in 1851. The primary object then was at once legitimate and im portant—to ascertain the amount of accommodation for religious worship, its distribution over the face of the country, the extent to which it was used, and the deficiency to be supplied. These were the chief objects ; and I think they were objects of con siderable public interest, and better of considerable public utility. The account of the number of ad herents to particular bodies or communions was a very subordinate object of the inquiry. Now, how ever, it is proposed to make that the sole object, which was then the subordinate object —to gather exclusively information of little practical value, and to dispense altogether with the information which is really useful. For my own part, if the choice could be made, I would much rather have an inquiry into accommodation and attendance, without dis tinguishing the sects, than an inquiry into religious profession without any reference to the amount of provision for religious worship, and the use made of it. The results of the former investigation would be of undoubted value to the community—the re sults of the latter, even if it were possible to obtain accurate intelligence, would do little else than fo ment and intensify sectarian rivalries. " If, as I assume, it is intended that the schedule should contain a question as to the religious belief of each individual —vs, e. y., To what religious body do you belong ? ' I think such an inquiry , would be both objectionable and futile. Multi tudes of persons would, I am certain, protest against the'existence of any right on the part of the State to put such an inquiry. The Government, they would say, might as reasonably ask them about their political opinions —whether they are Whigs, Liberal Conservatives, or Reformers. lam inclined to think that I should myself regard such an in quisition as an impertinence. It is all very well for the Government to take notice, if its likes of what I do publicly ; and if I walk openly into a church or chapel, and thus proclaim to the world my reli gious inclination for the time being, I can have no objection to be enumerated as an attendant at the particular place of worship; but this is rather dif ferent from the Government requiring me, under threat of a penalty, t o s t a t e my re li g i ous opinions. Theinquiry would also b e f u til e, b ecause t h e ques tion in many cases d oes no t a d m i t of a defin i te reply ; inwhile a great many other cases the definite reply given would be of no value. For instance, what could I insert in the col umn , w h o worship, indif ferently, sometimes with the Church of England and sometimes with dissenters; and whose ecclesi astical position is perhaps somewhere between low church and broad church, h av i ng much also in common with nonconformists, and ready to co operate for good objects with either ? And there are plenty in a similar position. Such persons, therefore, and also those who object to the inquiry itself, would be obliged to evade the question which could easily be done), by inserting some un meaning general term, as ' Christian,' eclectic,' unsectarian,' unattached,' or other equally am biguous and less serious phrases. " The funny' answers to such a question would be innumerable. But the most futile result (in reality) s would be the positive statement of religious opinion, which would undoubtedly be obtained in abundance from multitudes who have no religious opinions. You would get nothing but a great mass of worthless figures. We know perfectly well that hundreds of thousands of the lowest classes of the population never sec tho inside of a church or chapel from year's end to year's end, nor show in any other way whatever an attachment eith er t o th e Estab .. lislied Church or to any form of dissent ; but it is scarcely less certain that if the question were put to them in the shape supposed, they would in most cases think it more creditable to assume a connexion with some form of religious belief, and would have no difficulty in finding reasons to justify their state ments. But what would be the worth of such state ments, and with what confidence could any statistical inquirer refer to such accounts ? Then, just think the number of persons who cannot fill up their own schedules ; which must, therefore, bo filled up by others—in many cases by the enumerators, who will sometimes be warm partisans of some particular communion. Why, there would be all sorts of efforts made to induce poor ignorant people to give their votes for one sect or another. Fancy the clerical activity which would be displayed in pro curing recruits. What pastoral visitations, with benevolent offers to assist in filling up the schedules of poor parishioners, and what rapid convenions. The enumerators, too, having such powers and op portunities of persuasion, would themselves be the the objects of strife, and appeals would be made to the Registrar-General against the appointment of this partisan of episcopacy, or that enthusiast for dissent ; and charges of unfairness in the selections would be thrown about in profusion. And after all, the totals, when added up, would not, to any candid mind, represent a sufficient body of facts to justify the use of them—a result which could not be otherwise than highly mischievous, as tending to bring into discredit the whole management of the census, and of similar official inquiries. It must, at all events, be desirable not to incur a serious risk of having the inquiry covered with ridicule.—Daily I News. - THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY r EVENING, MAY 'l9, 1860.- TONING POWBII OF 57 1 E.,131.ERS FOR THE GANGES. (From the Liver:pool Albion of Monday, ~11- a y 14, 1560.) A trial has just been made on the Mersey of the towing power of tl.e steam vessel Ganges, belong,- ing to the Oriental Inland St eam Company, o London, previous to the dispatch of the vessel to India, where she is to be employed in towing barges on the Ganges. A previous trial of the vessel when only propelling herself, and without any barges in tow, had shown that, under those circum stances, a speed was attainable of about fourteen miles an hour ; but, as it was judged advisable to determine what the performance would be with barges in tow, an experiment was made to illustrate this question. Accordingly eight of the Duke of Bridgewater's barges, together with the tug which draws them, were made fast to the Ganges, and this load she towed without any very serious reduction in her own speed. The engines of the Duke of Bridgewater's tug being stopped at the time, the Ganges had, in addition to the resistances of the several hulls, to overcome the resistance occasioned by the stationary paddle-floats in the water. It was proposed to reverse the engines of the Duke of Bridgewater's tug, so as to determine the speed at which the Ganges would pull the whole flotilla with the engines of the tug reversed. But, as the day was very boisterous, and as it was apprehended that the tow-rope would not withstand the extra strain thus produced, this part of the experiment was not carried out. From the great power of the Ganges, however, and from her special adaptation for towing heavy loads, there can be no doubt that she would have towed bath the barges and the tug against the whole power of its engines at a consi derable rate of speed. The Ganges is propelled by two high-pressure engines, with cylinders 26 inches in diameter and 6 feet stroke. The boilers are on the locomotive principle, and the pressure of the steam is 120 lbs. per square inch. The boilers have been proved by hydrostatic pressure to above twice the pressure at which they are intended to work. The effective power of the engines is about 800 horses. The paddlewheels are 16 feet in diameter, and the paddle boards are 12 feet long and about 22 inches wide. A larger diameter of paddlewheel would be more suit able for high rates of speed, but a moderate diameter of paddlewheel is lest for pulling heavy loads—just as in railway locomotion, where the goods engines are invariably made with small driving wheels. The engines of the Ganges, which have been made by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., are of the very first quality, and not even a hot bearing has been experienced in any of the trials which have been made. The vessel, though very light and only draw ing two feet of water, with the full complement of coals on board, is exceedingly strong, and the ma chinery is exceedingly steady and rigid, great pains having been taken to ensure in every department the maximum of strength with the minimum of weight. The Ganges is now about to be despatched under steam to Calcutta, and in about four months it is expected she will be plying on the Ganges. The barges which she has to tow have preceded her in a sailing ship belonging to the company, which has already arrived in India, and those barges will have been put together against the time that the Ganges arrives out. The Ganges is the most powerful vessel yet sent to India for the navigation of the rivers of that country, and, with the Jumna, a sister vessel, which has now just arrived in the Mersey from the Clyde to receive her engines, she will main tain upon the Ganges that species of commu nication so much needed in India, and by which much larger quantities of goods may be carried than has heretofore been possible with the steamers now existing in India, and which, in nearly all cases, have been found to draw too much water and to have too little power. If, with the in ferior vessels heretofore plying on the Ganges, profits of 40 and 50 per cent. have been realised, and even more than that, as is well known.to be the case, there can be no doubt that when this company has fairly got to work upon that river still larger profits must be obtained by it, seeing that these new vessels are of a more powerful and efficient description. We are, of course, aware that in all new enterprises in steam navigation there are difficulties to be surmounted, partly in the vessels themselves, and partly in getting suitable men into every department ; and all steam companies which have ever come to anything have had this career of probation to go through. But it appears that the directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company foresaw from the first the ordeal through which they must pass, and provided against it by com mencing their operations on a moderate scale. In stead, therefore, of building all their vessels at once, as other companies have too frequently done, and spending all their money at the outset, they began with two vessels, which were sent to India before the Ganges and the Jumna were ordered, and the experience acquired by those first vessels has been made available in maturing arrangements to make the Ganges and the Jumna more perfect than either their own or any other previous vessels. Even after these four vessels have been built, however, and after twenty barges have been built for them to tow, not half of the capital of the company has been called up, so that the inevitable imperfections at taching to all new undertakings have been encoun tered upon the narrowest possible basis in this case, and will have been surmounted at the least possible expense. The whole of the companies now work ing in India with such eminent success bad diffi culties to encounter at their first establishment, by which the weaker spirits were discouraged, and such persons sold out at a loss, while those of more cou rage or greater perspicacity increased their invest ments, and made large profits. Nor is this pheno• menon peculiar to India, but it seems to hold uni versally in enterprises in steam navigation. The General Steam Navigation Company, the Peninsular Steam Company, the Cunard Company, the Royal Mail Company, and all others which have ever pros pered, had a period of depression to go through first. But by steady perseverance they surmounted all impediments, and have gradually risen to eminent prosperity. No person should embark money in any considerable enterprise in steam navigation on any other expectation than that such difficulties are to be encountered ; and the Oriental Inland Steam Company has certainly shown a more than usually just appreciation of the universality of this law, and more than usual circumspection by the gradual and progressive steps they have taken in carrying out their enterprise. Sanguine tyros would have rushed at once to the expenditure of all their capi tal, which would have left them without any margin to meet the difficulties of one kind or other which invariably arise in new undertakings. But the directors of this company have husbanded their re sources and felt their way, so that before putting forth their whole strength they are able to know, from experience, that it is exercised in the best and most remunerative direction. TILE PAPER DUTIES. What are we to say, and what are we to advise— if our advice be worth the giving—as to the line of the Lords on the great Paper-and-Privilege Debate which begins next Monday ? It seems incumbent on us, if not to take a side on a matter in which we are so much interested, at least to state the question. On the eve of a collision between the two Houses of the Legislature it would be simply ridiculous for us to show no concern, and this seems one of the many occasions on which duty consists in braving ill con structions. When a young couple are living at a great rate, and exceeding their income, the hus band is too delicate to check his wife, and the wife too delicate to check her husband—it would look so selfish—and so they go on till they are pulled up by some better adviser or sterner necessity. As for the imputation of self-interest, in our case it so hap pens that we have reaped the principal benefit of every change made in the interest of literature and intelligence for the last twenty years. If Mr. Bright, or anybody else in the secrets of the News , paper Trade, is in a condition to deny this, let him favour the public with the requisite intbrmation. Our only fear is that with a repeal of the Paper Duty we should incur odium even as unwilling de predators. It is our duty, however, to sweep away all such considerations, and look only to the ques tion now before Parliament. There the broad un deniable fact which strikes the eye, and which has become an universal admission, is that the House of Lords is summoned to assist in an act which will add near a million and a half to the largest deficit that England has ever known in peaceful times. It is all very well to say that the repeal of the Paper Duty has been already balanced by the augmented Income-tax passed by the Lords ; but, easily as this is said, in no sense is it the truth. We believe it would take a shilling Income-tax to balance accounts even for the present year ; and as Mr. Gladstone's Budget comprehended upwards of a mil lion in the shape of windfalls and mere financial sleights of hand,' utterly unavailable for the next year, and borrowed from it, we do not see how even a shilling Income-tax would carry us through another year. Even with this last resource, then, it so happens that the national credit turns on the Paper Duty. Well, suppose the duty repealed, and near a mil lion and a half disappearing at once from the Reve nue, and money wanted immediately, what are we to do ? In that case the only thing to be done is to borrow, to renew Exchequer Bills, and, in duo time, to ask Parliament for a Loan. But are the public prepared not only to lay on war taxes, but also to contract war debts, for the repeal of the so called " Taxes on Knowledge "—that is, on serials and newspapers ? If the pub lic are prepared for it, and will hereafter jus tify the wisdom of the Lords in adding to the Debt for such a cause, then we have nothing to do but to throw up our hats and cry "Nothing like paper!" We could earn no end of praises from most unwonted tongues by shutting our eyes to debts and deficits, and running a muck through this question. But in two or three years the very same persons would charge us with join ing the cry for the sake of popularity; and, should it happen, as we believe it would, that we should be the chief gainers by the change, that would be held quite enough to account for any advecacy we could give to the repeal of the duty. Then remains nothing to be done but simply to point out, for the benefit of those who think it worth taking into ac count, that, being some way already in the down ward path, Parliament is now invited to accelerate our financial descent. We have become conversant with figures, both at home and in our Indian Em pire, that would have appalled Sir R. Peel or any financier of those more careful days, and the pro position now is to launch deeper into debt. But it may be said, - " Was not all this thought of and dis posed of a couple of months ago ? The House of Commons has several times discussed the measure in all its financial bearings, and has ended by re affirming its first decision." Unfortunately, our finances have not cleared themselves with equal facility, or added reason to this measure. It is notorious that we have been going from bad to worse, and at this moment the finances of the coun try are in a state that defies explanation. If as good an account can be given of our finances as the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave in February, it would tranquillize alarmists, and perhaps sway the decision of the Lords. That, in fact, is the very turning point of the, question before the Lords. They will not discuss the Bill only on its own merits, which are beyond a doubt in favour of re peal. They must and will decide it with reference to the present condition of our finances. But what would the Commons do if the Lords should throw out the bill ? They who think the repeal of the Paper Duty worth to the country the addition of a million a-year to the debt for some time to come, will of course think it also worth a rupture between the houses, a dissolution, and even, as was pleasantly settled the other:day in a select party at St. Martin's-hall, the deposition of the House of Lords. If that " anomaly in the constitution," as some one there called it, were to follow Taxes on Knowledge, it would be thought a happy event that, lovely and pleasant as they were in their lives, in their deaths they were not divided. The House of Lords, however, is in the habit of consulting its own dignity and its own interests. It interprets its own precedents, and sets them, if necessary. There can be no doubt of its power to throw out the Bill if it chooses to stand the consequences, and those consequences it is as well able to calcu late as any of its volunteer advisers. If the power is undoubted, we presume it must be for somo pur pose—that is, for an extraordinary occasion—that it possesses it. Such an occasion might arise if a great measure, or budget of measures, had begun to reveal itself more plainly than at first; if circumstances had been more unfavourable even than had been anticipated ; if a momentary enthusiasm had begun to cool ; if Philip, drunk in one House, had become sober on his road to the other. If, as some allege, the House of Lords is really bound by the law of desuetude, and must do what it has done, and never do what it has failed to do, then a great constitu tional question does indeed present itself. Will the Lords retain a form that has lost its power ? Should they shrink from what they may very naturally think a degradation, will they extricate themselves from it by relinquishing the form or asserting the power It is maintained by the original authors of the measure now coming before them that the Lords hate nothing to do with the taxation of the country, and that when a Bill im• posing or repealing taxes comes before them, they have no choice but just to ascertain its object, and pass it. Should this be so, then certainly the pre sent is an opportunity for setting the question en tirely at rest. It so happens that it is a question of growing importance, and there is much to ac count for the extreme eagerness shown by some persons to strip the Lords forthwith and utterly of all voice in taxation. No one knows how soon we may have a House of Commons interested and pledged to a division of political duties, leaving taxes to properity and legislation to numbers. A Reformed House that starts with a deficit which a shilling income-tax is unable to overtake is not unlikely to improve such an inheritance, and de velope the mighty instrument bequeathed to it by its predecessor. In such a case, all who possess property, or care for its rights, will look to the Lords. But what if that body should have already, and most opportunely, lost its independence, and be declared—perhaps conf esse d— w i t h ou t power to checac any financial ext ravagance or political con fiscation ? The present measure is singularly ominous. It professes to red eem a t ax now fa l l i ng on the intelligent, active, and ambitious classes by a new tax—that is, an addition to an existing ex traordinary tax on property. Such is the extraordinary character of the occa sion upon which the Lords will have to decide a question of even more prospective than historical I interest. At a time when the whole policy and internal character of the country are turning more and more on the choice of taxation, the Lords are called on to say whether they have any voice in an 1 operation of which they may be the chief victims. This is the question that comes before the Lords on Monday, and we cannot help feeling that this is the crisis for its decision.—? hues. Premature Greyness, Weak or Falling Hair, Neuralgia, Nervous Headache, Rheumatism, Stiff Joints, &c., arc reme died with ease and certainty by HymnlNG's Patent Magnetic Brushes and Combs. Their use is an absolute luxury. His newly-invented Teazle Brushes for Colth, Velvet, &c., are admirable—they not only cleanse, but preserve the fabric in a remarkable manner. The Manufactory is 32, Basingliall street. The public arc cautipued a,gaiust counterlcito.—Apv, MUNDERSTORMS. The Yorkshire papers give an account of a heavy storm of hail and rain, accompanied, in some in stances, by lightning. and thunder, which passed over the southern part of that county, and did con siderable damage. The storm appears to have com menced in the neighbourhood of Barnsley, and in the villages of Wath, Wombwell Main, Ardsley, and Wombwell. The damage done has been very considerable, and the farmers have suffered much loss to their crops. Thunder was first heard about 7 o'clock. at Wombwell and Ifemingfield, and shortly afterwards rain began to descend in torrents. At Wombwell much damage has been done, an immense body of water, carrying with it stones and debris of all descriptions, having made its way with great fury front the hill-sides and through the village. Large walls were washed away and much pro perty destroyed by .the flooding of the cellars connected with the houses of tradesmen and others. The light fallows and the turnips have been in many places washed away to • the depth of two or three feet, and at Wath and other villages around the storm did also much injury. From Wrath it seems to have travelled to Askern, Owston, Norton, and generally to the villages in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, where it raged with even more fury than in other parts; indeed, sonic idea may be formed of its ...iolent nature when we state that at Campsmount, the resi dence of Mr. G. C. Yarborough, no less than 1,000 panes of glass were broken in the greenhouses, and three walls washed down by the hail and rain. Though the damage was so great at Campsmount, singular to relate, at Campsall-hall, about half a mile distant, no damage whatever was done besides that which might result from a very heavy down fall of rain. At Askern much damage was done by the storm to th e t urn ip crops , an d atWrangbrook e , in the district of Pontefract, it destroyed upwaris of 60 sheep belonging to Mr. Liversedge, farmer, which had taken shelter from the storm in an exca vation in a field, but into which the water poured so rapidly that before they could escape they were overwhelmed and drowned. Two heifers were killed by the lightning on Friday at Iforwood, near Leeds. [ADVERTISI;ENT.]—Rnsh of blood to the head is fre quently caused by a bad condition of the stomach or bowels, but by a course of Holloway's Pills these distress ing symptoms are prevented, or, if they have made their appearance, are quickly exterminated. Dizziness of sight, headache, and other alarming symptoms are al, o relieved by this wonderful aperient ; also, all internal disorders aro curable by them, because by their influence on the circu lation they reduce the en ire system to a healthy action. The first effect of llolloway's Pills is to cause a healthy flow of saliva during mastication to excite the stomach to secrete sufficient gastric juice to digest the food, whose chyle, entering the blood, bestows on that fluid wholesome tonic properties. TILE CHAMPIONSHIP. SAYERS AND HEENAN., 7 THE QUESTION SETTLED. Our readers and the public generally will hail with delight the announcement we now make that on Friday last Torn Sayers and his gallant oppo nent met by appointment in our office, and settled their dispute in the most friendly manner. Sayers was accompanied by Mr Gideon and two other friends, and Jack Macdonald appeared as the ad viser of Heenan. Several propositions were made on both sides, in the presence of all parties, which, however, ended in smoke. The first proposal on behalf of Heenan was that the old belt should be cut in half, that each should take a moiety, and that each belt should be made complete by subscriptions raised by either side. Sayers at once replied to this, that he would not consent to give up the old belt, or any part thereof, adding he would rather die in the ring than allow any portion of it to go out of the country. We then suggested that Toni should re sign the old belt into our hands to be fought for by other aspirants, and that each champion should head a subscription to purchase a fac to be handed to his adversary. We represen ted that the feeling of the country was una nimous, especially among the higher classes, that both men had done enough for honour and renown, that by agreeing to this proposition neither would be giving a point to his adversary, and that it would be a method of settling the affair which would meet with general approbation. Hee nan at once assented to this, but Sayers, after con ferring with one of his friends, said he would give Heenan a new belt, but would prefer keeping his own, for which he had fought so long. This was another hitch. It was clearly Heenan's object that Tom should not have the original, or, at any rate, the whole of it, as he considered this would be tan tamount to a defeat ; and at this stage of the pro• ceedings we had fears that after all no amicable arrangement would be made. It then occurred to us that if the men were left alone with us, and al lowed to state their own individual wishes, un biassed by the opinions of others, in all probability we could put them together. A. hint was sufficient ; the friends of both instantly left our sanctum, and in five minutes the men shook hands in the most friendly way possible, and agreed to our proposal that each should have a new belt, that the old one should be left with us, and that in the event of Heenan's thinking fit to remain in this country and defend it against all corners for three years, it should become his own. Tom undertook not to put in any further claims for it, intimating that he should now retire from the Ring, and leave its fortunes and its vicissitudes for younger men. Heenan, in a few well-expressed words, said he had always respected our Champion as a brave man, and one of the won ders of the age ; he had come over to try whether he could lick him, and he acknowledged he found in him an adversary quite as good, or even better, than he expected, and he might add, now that the question of the belt was done away with, what he could not have said publicly before, viz., that even had he defeated Tom Sayers in the Ring, it was his inten tion to have given the belt right back to him on the spot, feeling it would have been far from manly on his part to have deprived so good a man of his hard earned trophy, after waiving his rights so far as to allow him a chance of trying for it. Tom replied in suitable terms, that he had always respected Heenan ; he looked upon him as a brave man, and the best he had ever met, and he considered him in every way worthy to uphold the Championship of England should he feel disposed so to do. This arrangement, we think, cannot but give satisfaction to every one. All difficulties as to the division of the belt, or its removal from the country, are disposed of, and it still remains to be fought for. Each of the late combatants will receive a trophy which he may wear with pride, and show to future generations as the fruits of his prowess. The pub lic generally, and especially the Corinthian patrons of the Ring, will be pleased that the men will not again meet in a hostile way. All were delighted with the spectacle afforded on the 17th April, by the indomitable pluck and endurance exhibited on both sides, and however much all may have re gretted that the question was not settled one way or the other, still the feeling was, as we have stated, pretty general that another meeting should not take place. As to who might have proved the winner in the event of a second meeting was of course a question open to much debate • each man naturally had his parti s ans, an d equally open to dispute was the point as to who would have come off victorious had there been no interference. These are matters on which we have our own opinion in common with others, but as the men are now fast friends, we think it better that everything that has transpired which might give rise to un pleasant reminiscences should be forgotten and forgiven, the numerous angry letters received by each and concocted for each by bad ad visers should be treated as waste paper, and thus will both men remain free to act in con cert, without fear of any future disputes as to who did or said anything to the disparagement of his brave opponent. It should be the study of each to uphold the character of his new pal, and do all in his power towards strengthening the bond of friend ship so auspiciously entered into. It is the inten tion of the men to go forthwith on a joint sparring tour, previous to which, however, they will take joint benefits in the metropolis. As to the new belts, they must be paid for by subscription. Sayers will head Heenan's list, and Heenan will do the like office for Sayers, but they will, of course, require considerable assistance from the public to carry out their arrangement ; and we make an ap peal to the gentlemen of England who have ex pressed so much pleasure at the recent mill to come forward at once with their contributions towards the requisite object. We hope next week to be able to announce the subscriptions as complete. In taking leave of the subject, we would most thoroughly deprecate; on the part of the admirers of either man, writing or chaffing in such a manner as to kindle any spark of jealousy or be tween the two combatants, who have every right to be considered the best judges of each other's merits (crede expertis), and would urge all who cannot come to the same conclusion in the matter as the men themselves, to find a safety valve for their opinions by subscribing to the belt of that one whom they shall deem the worthier.—Bell's Life. STORTING INTELLIGENCE. HARPENDEN RACES.—FRIDAY. The Rothampstead Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; certain penalties and allowances. Optional selling weights. One mile and a half. Mr. C. Crome's Oliver Twist, 4 yrs, 7st'lolb (X 25) (Salt) 1 Mr. Fuller's Queen Anne, 3 yrs, Est 41b (X 25) (Wiltshire) 2 Mr. Nightingall's Contention, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (X 25) (Nightingall) 3 Mr. C. Tho r p e ' s H ar l equ i n, 3 yrs, 7st (L. 50).... (Prior) 4 Betting-2 to 1 and 5t02 on Harlequin, 3to 1 agst Oliver Twist. Won by two lengths; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 42 guineas. The Harpenden Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; extra weight for winners ; the second to save his stake. Two miles. 29 subs, sof whom declared. Mr. Trower's Lovett, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (car 7st 81b) (Fordharn) 1 Mr. Fuller's Simple Simon, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b.. (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. W. W lliams's Norton, 4 yrs, 6st 81b .. (Watts) 3 The following also ran :—Volatore, Romeo, Gorsehill, Flitch, Ambush, Marwell, and Quicksilver. Lordpourtenay declared to win with Flitch. Betting -3 to 1 agst Flitch, 4to 14st Lovett, 6to 1 agst Gorsehill, 100 to 15 agst Norton, 10 to 1 (at first 2 to 1) agst Romeo, 10 to 1 each agst Simple Simon and Marwell. Won easily by six lengths; a bad third; Marwell and Quicksilver did not pass the post. The Lad es' Purse of 25 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 6 goys each ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. Gentlemen riders. Mr. C. Alexander's Watersprite, by Alarm, 3 yrs, (in. 61b extra), 9st I Ilb (Cotton) 1 Mr. Bevill's Claire, 4 yrs (in. bib extra), list 81b (Mr. W. Bevill) 2 Mr. Nightingall's Abel Jack, 3 yrs, 9st 111 b (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Delhi, Chippenham, Advent, and Wildrake. Betting -5 to 4on Claire, 3to 1 agst Watersprite, 4to 1 any other offered. Wun by a 'ength and a half, a bad third. Two-Year-01d Stakes of 5 soya, with 100 added. Winners extra; the second to save hiaptake ; colts, fist 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Four furlongs and a half. 21 subs. Mr. Rogers's Blisworth, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's King of Kent, Bst 71b (Payne) 2 Mr. G. Hard's f by Barnton, out of Tarella, Sat 41b --- (F. , Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Maid of Honour, British Prince; Mantrap, Brown Stout, Viscount Brignall, Robin son Crusoe, Indicator, Camerino, Memzie, The Eastern Princess, Polly, Mountebank, and Rupert. Betting-7 to 4 agst Rupert, 9to 4 agst Viscount Brig nall, 10 to 1 each agst Mantrap, Camerino, King of Kent, and Mountebank, 100 to 8 Blisworth. Won by a neck; three lengths between the second and third ; Viscount Brignall fourth, and Rupert fifth, close up; Memzie, Camerino, Eastern Princess, and Maid of Honour were next in the order named; Robinson Crusoe and Mountebank were the last two. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs for two-yr-olds and upwards. About 1 mile. Certain winners extra. Mr. J. Nightino- b all's Contention, 5 yr s , 7 s t 31b (Birch) 1 Mr. C. Thorp's Baroge, 4 yrs, Bst 71b t Mr. Fuller's Kato, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Wiltshire) 3 The following also ran :—Codicil, Ambush, Kitty King ston, and Industrious. Betting-7 to 4on Codicil, Bto 1 each agst Kate and Barege, 10 to 1 agst Ambush. The winner was not named. Won by a length and a half; three lengths between the second and third. A bad fourth. Industrious mat. nil the way. The Stand stakes of 5 sovs each, :;',,uldid; three-yr olds to carry 9st Sib ; four, ilb ; five, list 31b ; six and aged, llst 7lii. ormin winners extra. Optional second to save his stake. Gentle men-6,1cl:: ~I:owed Sib. One mile and a half. Mr. Slundy's Actress, by Slane, 3 yrs (42i5), 7st 121 b (G. Foha I Mr. Bevill's Audrey, 4 y rs W rd O), 9st 21b (M r . W. Bevil m l) 2 Capt. Hunt's The Gift, 4 yrs (£2s),Bst 91b (Mr. C. Boynton) 3 The Poet and Marwel] also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Actress, 4to 1 agst Audrey, sto 1 each agst Gift and :Harwell. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between second and third. The Scurry Stakes of 2 sous each, with 25 added ; three yr-olds, Bst 71b; four, 9st 101 b; five and upwards, 10st. Winners extra. Optional selling weights, &c. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Alexander's Watersprite, 3 yrs (£2O), Bst.. (Beggis) 1 Mr. Bird's Foretop, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 71b Mr. Price's Benicia Boy, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 81b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Pescatore, Audrey, Phcebe, Mayflower, Kate, and Harlequin. Betting-5 to 4 agst Watersprite, sto 2 agst Pescatore, 5 to 1 agst Benicia Boy, 8 to 1 agst Audrey. Won by three lengths; a bad third. LATEST DERBY BETTING ON TIIE COURSE. 3to 1 agst Umpire (offered) 3to 1 agst Tho Wizard (offered) 20 to 1 agst Horror (taken) 33 to 1 agst Torn Bowline (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sutton 50 to 1 agst Lanehester (taken) 500 even between Sutton and Torn Bowline. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. The betting upon the Derby continues to be very lan pill, and the fluctuations in the prices unimportant. The " bowling out" and ultimate "scratching" of St. Albans seems to have produced quite a consternation amongst the bookmakers, some of whom had not laid a shilling, and many had only partly laid their books against him, conse quently there is a combination of circumstances which ren ders it palpable that he has not been a " money horse ;" and although wo have never heard stated upon what we should consider reliable authority the cause of the horse be coming so unpopular, and the striking of him out of the race, we have not the slightest doubt that his noble owner has seen no alternative, and has deemed it the most honour able course to do as he has done. It is somewhat remarkable that, notwithstanding the field is becoming smaller, and, as far as the market indicates, only three horses are really in the betting (viz. The Wizard, Umpire, and Thormanby), like the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, the leading favourites do not improve. 100 to 30 was laid to-day against thd Wizard, and was always obtain able; 4 to 1 was laid against Umpire, and for money less than 7to 1 would not have been taken about Thormanby. The principal feature was the steady support awarded to Tom Bowline at 20 to 1. By this movement it would ap pear that some people entertain the opinion that the public trial with Mr. John Scott's Derby lot on "Derby-day," upon Epsom Downs, will prove to he in favour of Tom Bow line. 50') to 30 was taken about High Treason. In other respects the following quotations will suffice : THE DERBY. 10 to 3 agst The Wizard (take 7 to 2) 4to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 13 to 2 agst Thormanby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Nutbourne (taken) 100 to 6 agst High Treason (taken) 20 to 1 agst Horror (taken) 20 to 1 apt Tom Bowline (taken) 45 to 1 agst Sutton (taken 50 to 1) THE OAKS. 3to 1 agst Seclusion (taken) sto 1 agst the field, bar one (offered) BUCCANEER AND TIIE TWO THOUSAND, The following appears in the last sheet Calendar : "H. Steggles having appealed to the Stewards of the Jockey Club against the injustice of his being advertised in the Racing Calendar as being dismissed for misconduct by the Earl of Portsmouth--we aro of opinion, after hearing the said H. Steggles, that his own statement fully justifies his dismissal and the advertisement. " H. J. Rous, Vice-Admiral. " ZETL AND, acting as Steward." It was proved that Steggles had been in constant com munication with a betting man at Salisbury, who is in con nection with a list keeper in London, and that he had re ceived money for giving information respecting Lord Ports mouth's horses. Both parties are known. Lord Portsmouth called no witnesses, but was prepared with affidavits to prove much misconduct and gross insubordination on the part of Staggles, who also was in the habit of putting hay under Buccaneer's litter during his preparation for the Two Thousand, and gave him a pail of water before going out to exercise, which fully accounts for the horse getting " big" day after day in spite of the work he had. On Easter Sun day, when the horse was quite well, a neighbouring far mer met Steggles, and expressed a wish to put a " sov" on him for the Two Thousand, whereupon the latter advised him " not to do it now, as the horse would Le at 50 to 1 before the end of the week 1" On the following day the horse sweated, and when done up at twelve o'clock was perfectly well. Milton, the trainer, passed , his hands down his legs in the presence of Lord Portsmouth's steward, who happened to be present, and there was nothing whatever the matter with either of them. At four o'clock Milton found that as Steggles had put the horse's bandages on, he did not have them removed ; and on going to the stable in the evening Milton found the horse in great pain, with heat in the off fore leg. Milton saw the horse done up, and went into his house, accompanied by Steggles, and in the latter's presence wrote to Lord Ports mouth, informing him of the circumstance. Tho letter was sent to the post by a boy, who was overtaken by Steggles, and the latter gave him four other letters (written before hand) folded in a piece of newspaper—the addresses we withhold for the present—with instructions to post them for him, and impressing upon the boy "not to lose any of them, or it would be some pounds out of his pocket." The ibllowing morning Steggles told the boy to "be sure and deny it," if questioned by anybody respecting hi s l e tt ers. _ _ The public will now be able to form their opinion upon this matter, in connection with which Lord Portsmouth has been so shamefully traduced ; and it is to be hoped his lord ship will not let the case end where it is.—Bell's Life. FROM TEE GAZETTE OF 1,48 T ErEiVIXO, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 15. This day had audience of her Majesty : The Prince and Princess of Waldeck and Pyrrnon, Their Serene Highnesses were accompanied by the Coun, de Bernstorff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary from the King of Prussia ; To which audience their Serene Highnesses were intro duced by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con ducted by Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. MAY 17. This day had audience of her Majesty: The Count Platen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden and Norway, t o deliver a letter from his Sovere ign; To which audience he was intioduced by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant- General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Mester of the Ceremonies. DOWNING-STRRET, MAY 14. The Queen has been pl:ase to appoint the Rev. Wm. Walrond Jackson, D.D , to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of Antigua, in the room of the Right Rev. Dr. Stephen Jordon Itigaud, deceased. DO WNING-STREET, MAY 17. MEMORANDUM.—The appointment of Samuel Cockburn, Esq., to be President and Senior Member of the Council of Nevis, during the temporary absence of President Sir Carlo Arthur Henry Rumbold, Bart., will not be carried into effect. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Thomas Erskine May, Esq , Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons, to be Ordinary Mem ber of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : To be Ordinary Members of tho Military Division of the First Class, or Knights Grind Cross, of the said Most Honourable Order, viz : Admiral of the Fleet Sir John West, K.C.B. Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, Knt., Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom. Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, K.C.B. General Sir James Douglas, K.C.B. General Sir George Scovell, K.C.B. General the Lard Downes, K.C.B. Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, X.C.B. Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, K.C.B. General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.B. • General Sir James Fergusson, K.C.B , and Lieutenant-General Sir John 8011, K.C.B. To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Crnmanders, of the said Most Honourable Order, viz.:— General the Hon. Henry 'Murray, C.B. Lieutenant-General Philip Bainbridge. C.B. Lieutenant-General Thomas Erskine Napier, C.B. Lieutenant-General the lion. Charles Gore, C.B. Lieutenant-General Edward Charles Whinyates, C.B. Lieutenant-General Samuel Burden Ellis, of the Royal Marines, C.B. Vice-Admiral Arthur Panshawe, C.B. Vice-Admiral Provo William Parry Wallis. Lieutenant-General George Judd Harding, C. 8., and Rear -Admiral R o b er t Lambert Baynes, C.B. THE COLONIAL SERVICE. WAR-orFicE ' May 18, 1860. The Queen has b een grac iously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Philip Edmund Wodeliouse , Esq., Governor and Com mander-in Chief in and over the colony of British Guiana. James Walker, Esq. ; Colonial Secretary for the Island of Bar badoes. Colonel Stephen John Bill, Captain-General and Gover nor-in-Chief in and over the colony of Sierra Leone. Edward Jordan, Esq., President of the Privy Council of tho island of Jamaica. Major Matthew Richmond, sometime Aperintendent at Wellington and Nelson, in New Zealand,— to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. THE INDIAN SERVICE. • WAR-OFFICE, IV(ay 18, 1860, The Queen has been graciously pleased ;to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Houourabl ()order of the Bath : To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the said Most Honourable Order, viz.: Frederick James Halliday, Esq., late Lieutenant-Go vernor of Bengal. Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, Bart., late Political Agent in Central India. njor-General Richard James Holwell Birch, C. 8., Secretary to the Government of India in the Military De partment. Colonel Peter Melvill Melvill, Secretary to the Govern ment of Bombay in the Military and Naval Departments; and Lieut.-Colonel Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, C. 8., Com missioner of Peshawur. To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order, viz.: Edward Anderdon Reade, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Member of the Sudder Board of Revenue. Donald Friell M'Leod, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Fi nancial Commissioner, Punjaub. John Cracroft Wilson, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Judge of Moradabad. Edward Thornton, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Commis sioner of the Jhelum Division, Punjab. Henry Carre Tucker, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com- • missioner of Benares. George Udny Yule, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com missioner of Bhaugulpore. Edward Alexand. r Samuells, Esq., Bengal Service Com missioner of Patna. R.bert Alexander, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Coiaarais siontr of Robileuud. Frederick Bebb Gubbins, Esq., B enga l Ci v il S er vice, Commissioner of Benares. Arthur Austin Roberts, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com missioner of Lahore. George Carnac Barnes, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com missioner of the Cis-Sutlej States. . Arthur Herbert Cocks, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Judge of Mynpoorie. Charles John Wingfield, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Commissioner of Goruckpore. Samuel \Vauchope, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Commis sioner of Police, Calcutta. Brand Sapte, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate of Bolundshuhur. Alonzo Money, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate of Shahabad and Gya. Francis 0 tway Mayne, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magis trate of Banda. George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Oude. Robert Henry Dunlop, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate of Meerut. William Ashburner Forbes, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Oude. Frederick Henry Cooper, Esq., Belgal Civil Service, De puty Commissioner, Umritsur. George Henry Mildmay Ricketts, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Loedianah. John Henry Bax, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Joint Ma gistrate, Ghazeepore. Thomas Douglas Forsyth, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Umballah. Allan Octavian Humo, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Ma gistrate of Etawah. Herwald Cranfurd Wake, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate of Shahabad. Brigadier-General George St. Patrick Lawrence, Bengal Cavalry, Agent to her Majesty's Viceroy and Governor- General of India in Rajpootana. Colonel Sir Richard Campbell Shakespear, Knt., Bengal Artillery, Resident at Baroda. Lieut.-Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Bengal Infantry, Re • sident at Hyderabad. Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Carleton Marsden, Bengal Re tired List, Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepore. Major Walter Collin gsby Erskine, Bengal Infantry, Com missioner of Saugor. Major John Reid Becher, Bengal Engineers, Deputy Deputy Commissioner, Hazara. Major Henry Ramsay, Bengal Infantry, Commissioner of Kumaon. Major George Walter Williams, Bengal Infantry, Com manding Meerut Volunteers. Major Richard Charles Lawrence, Bengal Infantry, Com manding the Lahoro Police and Cashmere Contingent. Major John Wm. Carnegie, Bengal Infantry, Deputy Commissioner, Oude. Major 'William Wilberforce Harris Greathed, Bengal Engineers. Captain Hugh Rees James, Bengal Infantry, Deputy Commissioner, Peshawur. Captain Benjamin Henderson, Bengal Infantry, Deputy Commissioner, Kohat. Robert Staunton Ellis, Esq., Madras Civil Service, De puty Commissioner, Nagpore. Major Samuel Chartres Macpherson, Madras Infantry, Political Agent, Gwalior. Major Francis Wingrave Pinkney, Madras Infantry, Commissioner of Jhansi. Captain William llindley Crichton, Madras Infantry, Deputy Commissioner, Nagpore. Captain Charles Eliot, Madras Artillery, Deputy Com missioner, Nagpore. Lieutenant John William Willoughby Osborne, Madre' Infantry, Political Agent in Rewah. John Nugent Rose, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, Chief Civil Officer, Sattara; and Major 'William Lockyer Merewether, Bombay Infantry, Political Agent, Scinde Frontier. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Benjamin Thomas Oakshott, brewer, Portsea. BANKRUPTS. Henry Harvey, lamp manufacturer, Hatton-garden. Thomas Voke, confectioner, Portsea. Edward Smith, printer, Birmingham. Wm. George Martin, upholder, Chepstow. Robert Watling Sexton, builder, Norwich. Thomas Coates, linen draper, Lambeth. John Eeles, stone mason, East Butterwick, Lincolnshire. William Wright, cattle dealer, Fulshaw, Cheshire. Mark Warren, h a b er d as h er, Shoreditch, Middlesex. George Smith, ironmonger, Wittlesey, Isle of Ely, Cam bridgeshire. Charles Bray, ironmonger, Alfred-terrace, Bayswater. George Jervis Thomas Leese and William Henry Brad bury, china manufacturers, Longton, Staffordshire. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alexander Dunlop, dairyman, Glasgow. Robert Drysdale, farmer and miller, St. Ninians, Stir lingshire. John Munro, tailor and clothier, Glasgow. Henry Ivison, late beerhouse keeper, Annan. Archibald Maccallutn, writer, Port-Glasgow. William Sim, grain merchant, Glasgow. Anne Robertson or Gourlay, spirit dealer, Dumbarton. John Hendery, measurer, Glasgow. Michel Shillito, wine merchant, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day of May, 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £29,227,655 Government Debt X11,(15,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,752,65 5 Silver Bullion .... £29,227,6551 BANKING DEPARTUNNT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nutty) eluding Exotic- Other Securities „ 20,266,040 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver mi s stoners of Na- Coin 774,695 tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 7,585,343 Other Deposits—. 12,225,682 Seven Day and other Bills 756,821 f 29,227,655 £38,392,268 W. £38,392,2t 9 MILLER, Deputy Cushier. Dated May 17, 1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 15th day of May, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies , —s —d Average price of the foregoing 27a 7d TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) „ May 19. Do. (via Marseilles) June 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York). June 7. Canada, &C. (via Cork) .. May 21. Cape of Good Hope. &c. .. • • .. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) May 25. India (Calcutta), Ceyl on , & c . ( v i a Southampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. May 25. Do. (via Marseilles) . • .. May 19. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. .. June 5. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • • • .. May 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. M a y 25. Do. (via Marseilles) May 19. United States ' California, &c. (% ia Cork) .. May 24. Western Coast of Attica, Madeira, Teneriffe • . May'--. West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cubtf, &c. May 29. BIRTHS. BIRD.—On the 17th inst., at 1, Norfolk-square, Sussex gardens, Hyde-park, the wife of Peter Hinekes Bird, Esq., F.R.C.S., F.L.S., of a daughter. COTTON.—On the 17th inst., at The Ferns Green-lanes, Stoke Newington, Mr. W. J. H. Cotton, o a daughter. BASTWOOD.—On the 18th inst., at Chtimpiou-hill, Surrey, the wife of John F. Eastwood. Esq., of a son, MARRIAGES. BLAKE—KING.--On the 15th inst., at St. Georgo'a, Han over-square, Captain G. P. Blake, 2d Battalion Military Train, only son of James B. Blake, Esq., of Thurt;ton house, co. Suffolk, to Adeline, third daughter of Ja L usa K. King, Esq., of Staunton-park, Herefordshire. GREEN—RidxmAN.—On the 17th inst., at the parish church, Hove, Andrew Green, Esq., Litut. Rifle Bri gade, to Emily, second daughter of the late Philip Rick man, Esq. DEATHS. HAWES.—On the 17th inst., at Ormond-house, Old Kent road, Benj. Hawes, Esq., aged 90. HAYNES.—On the 16th inst., at Bayswater, Thos. Haynes, Esq., for many years connected with the public press, aged 71. PLATT. —On the 11th inst., at the Curragh Camp, Ireland, Captain Arthur Platt, 16th Regt., Second son of the Rev. Geo. Platt, vicar of Sedberg, Yorkshire, aged 22. RATTRAY.—On the 13th inst., Mrs. Colonel Rattray, of Downie-park, Porfarshire. TOLLER.—On the 16th inst., Samuel Toiler, Esq., Beech grove, Sunninghill, aged 65. LANE. —On the 17th inst., at High Wycombe, Alderman Alfred Lane, aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middloeoz, Saturday, Nay 19, MO.,