The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-11 00:00:00

TrIEATRE-R0 i Ai., HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pa mela, Miss Maria Harris. After which, at half-past 7, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Aired Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Ange.. PoLowed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Vi ales in the East. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. TII_E_ ATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Ei n ott, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3loome, entitled THE DUKE'S WOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Broug- am, H. iddi zmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Lecleroq, Kate Terry, N. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW THE ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL— zioIe Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, •JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Took, Paul Bedford, Stephenson, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, C. J. Smith, Romer ; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss A Seaman, and Mrs. Stoker. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Commence at 7. TEIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 11, 1863.: THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday, .. 62 Lowest during the night This day at Noon 56 ; light, with cloudy weather HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Ds:re—Morning, Bh. 12m.—Afternoon, Bh. 50m. To-rdonsow.-Morning, 9h. 25m.—Afternoon, 9h. 50m. • **lab.* 44_ f.°11"1.%"--' ^- 44 .44„, Pke, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1863. Are English officers losing their skill in Naviga tion ? This will really begin to be a matter of doubt if we have any speedy repetition, in another quarter of the globe, of two very recent and very horrible catastrophes. After H.M.'s ship Orpheus has struck upon a shifting sand bank in broad day light at our antipodes, bat a few months elapse when the Anglo-Saxon packet, plying between England and Canada, runs direct on to a rock about three miles from Cape Race, breaking up completely within about one hour from the time of her first striking there, and having the vast majority of the crew and passengers thereby destroyed. In each instance the casualty might very readily have been avoided. In neither case was there any per ceptible reason why it should have come to pass at all. The Orpheus at the other side of the globe, the Anglo-Saxon at the other side of the Atlantic, ran into danger almost one might say wilfully. Now with the latter, as but a brief while since with the former, the cause of the deplorable accident really and truly appears to have been nothing else tian an excess of temerity. A local pilot— familiar with the fluctuations of those treacherous sandbanks, one of which became so lamentably fatal immediately afterwards—was disdained by the Orpheus. Captain BURGESS, the skilled and expe rienced skipper of the Anglo-Saxon, apparently loses that vessel by a similar display of foolhardi ness. His good ship—(he only seems to have remembered this)—has the glory of inaugurating the opening up of the navigation of the St. Law rence. His is the first ship of the season—of the season for the opening up of that Navigation. Captain BURGESS is so conscious of this that, coaling within the short distance we have mentioned from Cape Race—dashes onward towards his destination in spite of a dense fog. And with every peril marked down distinctly on his charts, with the exact position of his ship at the time capa ble of being very distinctly calculated at any moment, he runs clean on to the rock already men tioned. Everything is risked for the sake of making a quick passage. The rage of haste is on the brave sea-captain. He is bent upon making his way ahead at all hazard. And two hundred and thirty six unfortunate fellow creatures pay the penalty of his own eagerness, Thera are 440 on board alto gether whose lives are imperilled by this unhesitat ing dash onward close to land through a dense fog —440, counting both crew and passengers ! O , these 440 upwards of 236 are believed to have perished. After striking, the vessel is a complete wreck in less than sixty minutes. "More haste, less speed," was never more lamentably verified as an " ower" true adage than by this frightful illustration of its dreadful accuracy by the Anglo- Saxon. That ill-starred mail steamship leaving Liverpool on the 16th and Londonderry on the 17th of last month—at noon on the 27th (that is, only just ten days later) is completely wrecked : this miserable catastrophe occurring at a distance of over three miles east of Cape Race. A couple of lifeboats and a few ropes and spars are made, how ever, the means of saving the survivors of the casualty. The incidents related in the course of the narrative of this melancholy shipwreck are of the old familiar kind throughout. The vessel strikes—the deck breaks up—the foremast goes by the board, while many are still clinging in despair to the rigging— the mizenmast is alone left standing—that, and the shattered hull disappears at last, and with the scattered fragments of the wreck disappear 236 of the hapless crew and passengers. Going at speed, through a fog, at mid-ocean, even in otherwise fair weather, or at any rate over smooth water, would besingnlarly reprehensible. But not slackening speed in a dense fog, when at a brief distance from land, is surely in a very lamentable degree foolhardy. And of that foolhardiness the brave-hearted but thoughtless captain of the Anglo-Saxon, good sea man though he was, appears, beyond any do ubt of it, to have b een guilty. To this over haste seems to be alone attributable the miserable destruction of human life here recorded. No one has a right to call Mr. GLADSTONE obsti nate this year at all events. Twice has he given up his hobbies, conformed to circumstances, and yielded to the opinion of the House. Last Friday, in answer to a question from Mr. LIGON as to what amount of revenue he estimated would be produced by the tax on clubs, the Chancellor of the Exche quer replied " that he was not able to give the de sired information, but it was of the less consequence when he announced that it was his intention to accede to the representations made to him by gen tlemen connected with the clubs, and to withdraw his proposition to impose a license upon them." No wonder that this announcement was received with laughter and cheers. It is something so new for the right hoc. gentleman to forego his pans that the novelty was as amusing as the fact was desirable. This proposal to tax clubs would have b( en a great annoyance, and the sum that would have accrued therefrom to the revenue would have been so petty as hardly to be worth mentioning in comparison with the grievance. Mr. GLADSTONE has always been famed for these small imposts, and this club proposal matches that absurd penny-tax on parcels that created so much and gave rise to cansiderable inconvenience. In that case also Mr. GLADSTONE was compelled to give way, though not before he had made a trial of its merits, and the test proved most unsatisfactory , even to himself. He afterwards confessed that the amount received did not at all compensate for the annoyance it inflicted. It must be confessed that this conversion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been rather a sudden one. It was not his wont always to bow to the opinion of the deputations who waited upon him to express opinions that were not in conformity with the plans he prepared and the schemes he fashioned. Twice last week, how ever, has he succumbed to their judgment, and re linquished his avowed determination to await the decision of the House as his final place of audit. According to this notion there will be a great in crease of meetings, messages, and deputations to confront those in high places to retract their in tentions, while not suggesting remedial plans them selves. " Veni, vidi, vici" will henceforth be the motto of these embryo legislators who consult to gather one day on the inimical project of the new law, or the injurious results that are likely to flow from even its partial working. Of course every one has a right to change his opinions, but when the alteration is so hastily done it gives rise to sus picion, and men naturally think that either the plan would not bear the light of day to shine on it, or that the proposer has no confidence in his vaunted measures. Very probably it was a mixture of both these sentiments that made Mr. GLADSTONE an nounce the fact of his giving up the plan of taxing clubs, even as he had already done in the case of the charities. When that subject was mooted on Monday Mr. DISRAELI warned the Chancellor of the Exchequer that, firm as he then seemed to be on the point, he might have to recede from his original intention. The right hon. gentleman was doubtless consoling himself with the reflection that if he had been defeated by the charities he had con quered the clubs, " but it was possible that before the labours of the house terminated that eccentricity might also disappear from the Budget." The recol lection of this prophecy must have made Mr. GLAD STONE'S relinquishment doubly vexatious and per plexing. " Earl PERCY sees my fall," he may ex claim, when he gives up so many of his illusions or delusions, as the case may be. The Budget of this year is very good on the whole, and therefore it was the more irritating to notice the intrusion of this unsatisfactory clause about the clubs, and the still more inconvenient besides inconsiderate proposal on the subject of charities. On this latter question Mr. GLADSTONE may congratulate himself on his being non-suited. This is a case in which defeat is more honourable than victory; and he who relin quishes his own wishes when they are adverse to the benefit of others comes out of such a conflict more than conqueror. Mr. GLADSTONE'S chief fault as a financier consists in his perverse notion of equalising everything there is no uniformity in nature, and the complicated machinery of the social system will not allow of such a levelling theory any more than the outer world can be measured by line and plummet. A statesman can make no greater mis take than to imagine that he can, in his narrow com pass of facts and limited scope of theories, comprise the vast sphere of public interests, end embrace the measureless expanse of human efforts. "Moves our free course by such fixEd cause, As gives the poor mechanic laws," may exclaim the various members of the vast com munity, who are menaced with the infliction of this uniform treatment, and threatened with the intro duction of a universal code of legislation. Whatever motive may have influenced the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the concessions he has made in defer ence to public opinion, let us be satisfied with the result ; and, while fully aware and completely ap preciating the extent and importance of some of the advantages that may accrue from the Budget this year introduced, be satisfied that the minimum grievance that threatened to annoy those connected with the clubs has disappeared, and rejoice that the maximum peril of taxing the charities has been also abandoned, so that the financial scheme of this session has verified the old adage and become bene fited by the searching and scrutinising tests that have been applied to it. We cannot say that if weighed anew in the balance, it would be found not wanting, as the income tax for one thing might have been still further reduced ; but tlke it all in all, the Budget of this year is a decided improve ment on some of those that preceded it, and great credit is due to those boi h in the House and out o doors, whose remonstrances and representations have gained the ascendancy and caused the rejec- on or occasioned the withdrawal of some most reprehensible measures. The recent increase of small-pox in the metropo lis, more especially in the north-west districts, is something startling in these days of science and sanitary reform. Thanks to our parochial arrange ments and registry system, the evil was detected at he outset. The terrible foe, which a century ago destroyed nearly one-eighth of the pDpulation, which passed over health, strength, and beauty with its blighting breath, leaving, too often, scarred and blind infirmity behind, was seen again emerging from the comparative insignificance and harmless ness to which it had been consigned. Owing to the efforts and abilities of Dr. JENNER we have outlived, in a great measure, the dangers of small pox; but the dread of its increase among us, although robbed of half its terrors by Dr. JENNER'S beneficent discovery, cannot be regarded with in difference. There are probably few persons who do not look upon the disease with special aversion, in some measure, owing to the frequent disfigurement it inflicts on the sufferer; the consequences, therefore, of its spread among poor and densely populated neighbourhoods must manifestly be very serious. Unfortunately the very class most liable to risk of infection, and least qualified to resist disease, has a deep-rooted prejudice against that prevention which, according to the old adage, is better than cure. The authorities for the preservation of the public health have always found great obstacles to their sanitary measures among the lower classes. 'ot only does the cupidity of landlords suffer forty or fifty persons to sleep under one roof, and very often three or four families to congregate in one room, but, with the obstinacy which i 3 generally the companion of ignorance, the poor too often re fuse to share in the benefits of vaccination. With the short-sightedness which a limited range of ex perience gives, and the conviction that they know beat on all matters of health and care of children, the lower classes very often continue to leave vac cination alone altogether. This danger was fore seen by the sanitary officers from their long experi ence among the poor, and the clause rendering the , neglect of the duty punishable by fine was inserted as a precaution. But owing to the non-enforce ment of the penalty, or to other causes, there is no doubt that the rule is continually infringed, and far from every child being vaccinated before it is three months old, a large portion of the community are never vaccinated at all. The worst part of the case is, that not only does the disease spread rapidly under such circumstances, but it retains the virulence and malignity which rendered i t such a scourge a few generations back. We should advise the Board of Health to look closely into this matter, for the neglect of sanitary pre cautions by some of the community neutralises in some degree the prudence of others. No care en tirely ensures a householder against the risks of fire —the heedlessness or rashness of his neighbour may at any time subject him to ;oss and ruin, and 80 contagious diseases belong to that class of evils against which every man must guard others in guarding himself. In this country and this genera tion we can happily scarcely realise the horrors of an epidemic, hut we have put our science and ex perience to such good account, that if we should be threatened with such a calamity, there is no doubt that, under PROVIDENCE, we could greatly lessen its terrors. The answer cf Lord PALMERSTON to the Scottish appeal on behalf of a day of humilia tion for the cholera, deserves to be borne in mind by every Board of Guardians in the kingdom. He pointed out to the petitioners that instead of adopting such measures to avert the Divine displeasure, it were better to use the means put into our own hands, and before we bewailed the calamity as an exceptional punish ment, to see whether it were not rather the direct chastisement for an infringement of thuse plain laws of health and nature GOD has set for us all to learn. Cleanliness, ventilation, and drainage are the three main elements of health in crowded cities; next to them come, of course, nourishing food and moderate labour. But, while it would be impossible for paro chial authorities to regulate the private affairs of every man in the parish, they can at least see that the outward requirements of public safety are com plied with, that a house i:3 properly whitewashed, aired, and drained, and, above all, that no more per sons are allowed to inhabit it than are consistent with decency and health. The present danger has already called forth energetic measures on the part of the parishes most concerned. In Marylebone, Pad dington, and St. Pancras, steps have been taken to meet the evil, and no time is being lost in supplying fresh accommodation for those persons affected with it. There is natural:y a very great difficulty found in obtaining houses, from the reluct ance of their owners to let them for the purpose. It was proposed laet week to appropriate an empty one in St. John's Wood, but Sir J. HAMILTON, as Crown churchwarden, interfered, on the ground that it would be introducing the disease into a healthy lacality. This objection has certainly weight, as it is by all means desirable to narrow the area of its influence; but the difficulty of the guar dians remains, as it is indispensable that immediate arrangements should be made for the reception of the sufferers who cannot be received into the hos• pitals. Under these circumstances, the suggestion of the medical officers of health appears to be the best solution of the problem. The erec tion of temporary iron or wooden sheds would not depend on the consent .of landlords, neither would it be a matter of time or expense, while the accommodation could be easily increased, if requisite. The Paddington authorities have taken steps to provide such a building, while the Maryle bone Board have lost no time in inspecting the building recommended by Dr. THOMPSON. So im pressed were they with the urgency of the case, that having learned from the committee that the establishment would be well adapted for the re quired purpose, provided it were cleaned and sup plied with ventilators and an extra door, the Board ordered these improvements to be immediately effected and the wards got in readiness for the re ception of patients by the next evening. It is highly satisfactory that these gentlemen should have met the difficulty with such prompt and resolute mea sures, and we trust that other parishes will not delay to follow their example, but will take imme diate steps on the appearance of the disease in their respective districts. Signor Gardoni is coming to London this year, only to sing in concerts. Mr. Benedict, for his coming concert to be held on June Ist, advertises three unpublished compositions by Weber. It is stated that Mr. J. Maguire, M.P., hasnearly completed a biography of the temperance apostle, Father Matthew. SISTERS OF MERCY.—Among the chief obj sets of interest offered for sale at the grlnd bazaar in aid of the Sisters of Mercy were, at the stall of the Dowager Marchioness of Lothian, Lady Clifford, and Mrs. Eaton, a set of old Wedgwood china, valued at 100 guineas, various oil paintings, plate, and fancy work in wool and silks. The Countess of stall contained splendid ottomans, stools, and rugs ; that of the Hon. Mrs. Pereira, beautiful real Ja panese ware, consisting of trays, stands, and an oil paint ing by Buckner, valued at £5O, and elegant glass dessert services. Mrs. Bellasis and Mrs. Segrave (deplayed Mon tenari's Exhibition model doll completely dressed ; and Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Byrne exhibited a model of the gateways at the Moorish Palace of Alhambra at Granada, the mate rial and colouring being exactly the same as those of the original, taken on the spot by the architect appointed by the Spanish Government to restore the building. At the stall held by the Lady Georgiana Fullerton and Viscountess Noireys were, among numerous other objects of interest, a handsome crackled China jar, presented by the ex-Queen of the French, oil pictures by Buckner, G. Stanfield, and one by Herbert, R. A., valued at £lOO, an album containing drawings and paintings by G. Stanfield, R. Williams, T. Gibson, R, Buckner, H. Doyle, Mons. Raffet, Mons. Gilmer, Mons, Sourlacroix, Mona. Paul Martin, Mona. Bussitil, Mons. L'Eveque, Mons. Gotslaff, Mons. Messourier, Mons. D'Auria, and Miss Henrietta Brown. There were also at this stall one spilling packets, containing half a dozen of the finest Japanese pocket hankerchiefs ready for use, and cigars from the collection of the Earl of Sefton at two shillings each. A purse made by the late Duchess of Kent, the authenticity of which was regularly attested by her equerry, was purchased by the Duo de Nemours at the stall held by Mrs. Francis C. New and Miss Langdale. At Mesdame Gueneau de Mussy and Alexandre Devaut was an elegant worked pyre dieu, worked and presented by Queeu Marie Amelie, also a fan given and used by her at the Tuileries, a gold-mounted snuff-box, and a silver figure given by the Duc de Chartres, a case of jewels pre sented by the Duchess de Montpensier, and a magnificent maison de poupet, finished and fitted complete, from the visitors in the drawing-room to the French cook in the kitchen, valued at £lOO. An old German meerschaum pipe, inlaid with precious stones, and handsomely s leer mounted, supposed to have belonged to Martin Luther; some old Spanish knives, and some splendid shawls and pictures, formed part of the collection of Lady William Harvey and Lady Acton. A " Welcome to Alexandra," written by the Hon. Mrs. Norton expressly for the occa sion, was handsomely engrossed and sold at many of the stalls, as well as were several pen and pencil drawings and sketches by various well-known artists, one of which was a dog from the pencil of that talented artist, Sir E. Landseer, which brought upwards of £20.-11/orning Post. An eminent Chief Baron finding the late Mr. Jae- tice Mettle (then at the Bar) drinking porter one morning at the University Club, remonstrated with him for indulg ing in such a practice. " I have to argue a question in the Exchequer, and am bringing down my mind to the propar pitch," was the reply. AGE OF THE WORLD.—Geologists will, perhaps, be able to appreciate Mr. E. B. Hunt's argument on the growth and chronology of the great Florida reef. After stating the dimensions of the reef, Mr. Hunt proceeds : " Taking the rate at 24 years to the foot, we shall have for the total time 24 >4 250 PC 900, on the data as stated ; or, e find the total period of 5,400,000 years as that required for the growth of the entire coral limestone formation of Florida." USEFUL CALCULATIONS —ma n y people hear of distances in thousands of yards —a usual measure of artillery distances —and have very little power of reduc ing them at once to miles. Now, four miles aro ten yards for e,-tch mile above 7,000 yards, whence the following rule : the number of thousands multipled by 4 and divided by 7 give miles and sevenths for quotient and remain er, with only at the rate of ten yards to a mile in excess. Thus 12,000 yards is:43 7ths of a mile, or 6 miles and 6-7ths of a mile : not 70 yards too great. Again, people measure speed by miles per hour, the mile and the hour being too long for the juigment of distance and time. Take half as much again as the number of miles per hour, and you have the number of feet per second, too great by one in 30. Thus 16 miles an hour is 16 t 8, or 24 feet per second, too much by 24 30ths of a foot. It is proposed that three copies of congratulatory verses —two in English and one in Latin (the verses not to ex cee d 5 0 i n number)—shall be recited in the theatre at Oxford U n i versity on the occasion of the visit of their Royal highnesse s tte Prince an d P r i ncess o f W a les. Un dergratuates or b ac h elors of arts may send in cop i es to t h e Vice-Chancellor, with a motto and name concealed, on or before Monday, June 1. The Vienna journals atate that several cafés of the city have lately introduced a machine for shuffling cards, which perform the work with great celerity. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 4. Since the reception of the Notes of the three Powers upoli the Polish question, uncertainty appears to prevail in financial circles in this capital. The prevalent feeling of insecurity has not been in any degree diminished by the nume rous addresses of devotion to the Crown, the armaments, and, finally, the contents of the replies to the Notes of the Western Powers pub lished by the official press. Discount has risen to 61 per cent. A decline has also taken place in price of stocks, and our financial condition, re cently affording hope of improvement, has begun t 4 droop under these unfavourable tokens of approaching storm. Notwithstanding the last loan undertaken to raise the value o: the rouble and withdraw a portion of the paper money from circulation —the Government is known to have issued a fresh series of credit notes to the amount of 12 million roubles. The produce of the gold mines in Siberia has so sensibly diminished since 1848 as to attract serious attention to the subject, the result of which has been the adoption of measures thought calculated to effect considerable improvement. Upon the whole, the present financial condition of Russia is less favourable than before the Crimean war. At that time, according to the Bank returns of the 28th of last month, we had not quite 666 million roubles in paper. The emancipation of the serfs had not been commenced, the country was not exhausted by the strain of war in the East, and the western portion of the empire had not been subjected to the enormous sacrifices im posed upon it by the Polish insurrection and the discontent now threatening in the provinces of which is composed. The outbreak of war by land or by sea would be a terrible blew for Russia in her present condition. Of what avail is the inex haustible nature of the resources of a mighty em pire, when these still remained unexplored ? The gold mines of Siberia, the anthracite beds, and the yield of grain are of themselves insufficient to meet the incessant call for money. A few years back the national credit was at so low an ebb that it was impossible to negotiate a loan. The excise system, the substitue for the monopoly of brandy, which has hithertoyielded half the revenue of the country, has still to prove its efficacy, and no favourable turn has yet occurred in the annual deficit of the budget . It is_hardly probably—contrary to the generally received opinion here—that taking into considera tion the position of Russian credit and finances Prince Gortschakoff has thought himself justi- feed in taking up a very determined position There can be little doubt that his replies to the notes of the Wester❑ Powers are intended to throw out an indirect offer of further negotiations. As bearing upon this question it may not be uninterest ing to aad that the official report of the Bank dis count reserve shows a diminution of 13,349,066 silver roubles 35 kopecks upon the 28th of April of the present year as compared with the 13th of May of 1862. At the May inspection of the troops, held the day before yesterday by the Emperor upon the Champ de Mars, 28 battalions infantry, 381 squad rons cavalry, and 13 batteries of artillery were upon the ground. Regiments of the Guard, grena diers, and line were more complete upon the present occasion than hitherto, the furlough men having been called in and numbers of recruits added to the regimental struggle. Great activity prevails in Cro'istadt, and the staff of officials in the employ of the War Department has been increased. MEXICO. VERA CRUZ, APRIL 16. (By Telegraph to Halitux.) News received here from Pueble to the 9th inet gives details of the operations of the French troops subsequent to the investment of the city on the 23d THE SAN, LONDON. Ti 7 ONDAY EVENING, MAY IT, 1862. HER MAJESTY. This establishment has always been an object of great interest to her Majesty and the deeply lamented Prince Consort. Her Majesty, accom panied by his Royal Highness, laid the first stone of the building in 1856, and the Prince visited it annually during its progress. Her Majesty before her departure expressed her self highly satisfied with the arrangements of the whole establishment. I❑ attendance upon her Majesty and the Royal Family were the Dowager Countess of Mount Edg cumbe, Lady iu Waiting ; Baroness von Schenk, Lady in Waiting to Princess Louis of Hesse ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, Equerry in Waiting ; Captain von Westerweller, in waiting upon Prince Louis of Hasse; Sir C. Phipps, Sir James Clark, and Major Co well. MAY 10. Htr Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince Athed, and Prin cess Helena, attended at Whippingham Church this morning, and received the Sacrament of tht- Holy Communion, which was administered by the Rev. G. Prothero and the Rev. W. L. Onsl.~w. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold attended the morning service. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis and Prince Leopold, drove out on Saturday afternoon. Lady A. Bruce and Lady C. Fitzroy were in at tendance. Prince and Princess Leiningen visited her Ma jtsty. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale. rode on horseback on Saturday morning. Their Royal Highnesses took a drive in the afternoon in an open carriage. The Duke of Newcastle, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord and Lads Proby, Lord and Lady Altred Hervey, Viscount Hi=lton, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. thud stone, Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Kno'lys and Mr. Charles L. Wood had the honour of dining with the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough. house in the evening. Mr. Marshall Wood was honoured by her Royal Highness ti. , e Princess of Wales with a second sitting for the bust which Mr. Wood is executing of her Royal Highness. Yesterday the Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Communion Service was read by the Bishop of London and Sub-Dean. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of London from the Go,pel of St. John, chap. 20, part of the 19th verse. The anthem was " Why do the heathen so furiously rage together ? " (Kent). Their _Royal Highnesses were attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale. The Earl of St. Germans and Viscount Sydney were present at the service. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough house. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the White-lodge, in Richmond park, in the afternoon. Preparations are being made at Windsor Castle for the reception of her Majesty, on Thursday. The Prince of Wales has signified his Royal Highness's intention to honour the Master and W..rdens of the Merchant Taylor's Company with his presence at dinner in their hall on Thursday, the 11th of June next, upon the occasion of his Royal Highness being earolled an honorary member of that ancient corporation. Invitations have been issued to many illusirious and noble personages to be present at the entertainment. The Prince P tin Princess of Wales intend to honour the forthcoming International Dog Snow, to take place at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, with their presence.— Court ,Tournal. Kensington Palace would surely be preferable to Marlborough House, as a residence for the Prince and Princess of Wales, if we are to crelit the Court Journal account of the present crowded state of the latter abode, as follows:—" The Prince of Wal,s's household consists of sixteen male servants, and wuen to these are added the housekeeper, the Princess's dressers, the maids, and the stable department, under the dominion of the Mas er of Horse, not forgetting Francatelli, eliel de cuisine, it will be seen that, capacious as Marlboiough House is, it is com pletely filled by the establishment occupying it." PARLIAMENTARY DINNER.—The Itight Hon. B. Disraeli gave a Parliamentary dinner ou Saturday evening at his residence, Grosvenor-gate. There were pre sent the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Lielmere, Lord Robert Montagu, Lord Ravensworth , the Hon. Eli o t Y or ke, the H o n. S t u ar t K nox , Ri ght Hon Sir Ectwatd Lytton, Right Hon. James Whiteside, nir Hervey Bruce, Sir Edward Grogan, Mr. Dawson Darner, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Joliffe, Mr. Redmond, Captain Palmer, Mr. Way, and Mr. Sullivan. It is asserted in wrli-lutormed circles that the Earl of Brownlow, who has recently attained his majority, is likely to be further elevated in the peerage by being created Marquis of Bridgewater. The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton left Mentone, near Nice, on the Ist inst., for Hy eyes, where they are expected to stay till the 14th, and then return home by way of Paris. His Excellency the Danish Minister arrived in town on Thursday from Copenhagen, to resume his diplo matic duties. Tne Earl and Countess De Grey received a select circle at dinner on Saturday evening at their residence in Carlton-gardens. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea and Lord Huntingfield have left the St. George's Hotel. the tendered resignation ut the Earl Spencer as Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, has been graciously declined on the part of his Royal Highness. The Earl and Countess Spencer are expected in town to-day from Althorp. The health of the earl has much improved. UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS.--The following gen,lemen having pissed the nece6saly examina tions, were at the last meeting of the Senatus Academicus admitted to the degree of doctor of medicine, viz. :—Altred Butler, M.R.C.S. and L.S.A., Hackney —Hugh Campbell, M.R.C.S., St. Paul's-grove, C anonbury—Charles Allen Chavasse, F.R.C.S., L.S.A., Smethwick, Birmiogham— James George Davey, M.R.C.F. and S. Lond., North woods, Bristol—Peter Hood, L.S.A., Lower Seymour street —Francis Hutchinson, Bridlington —Walter Walker Lennox, L.F.P. and S. Glasg., Hamilton, Lanarkshire— Charles Hills Mackintosh, L.R.C.P. Lond,, Torquay— John Waohatn Robinson, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., Moore-place, Kennington —and George Taylor, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., Derby. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—A meeting of the members of this body of musiciins was held on Friday evening in Exeter Hall, the occasion being the pre sentation of a testimonial to Mr. J. F. Puttick, in recogni tion of his valuaole services in c , ,nnectior with the several Handel festivals at the Crystal Palace, and the inaugu al performances at the in ernational Exhibition. The chair was taken by Mr. J. V. Harrison ; and among the members present were Mr. Bowley, Mr. Brewer, the hon. secretr.ry, Mr. Costa, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Husk, and Mr. Hill. The offering by whicb the society testified their respect and gratitude to Mr. Puttick consisted of an extremely elegant silver tea and coffee service, a massiv4 s aver, beating an appropriate inscription, and several other articles of plate. The p , oceedings passed off in a most gratifying manner. A public meeting is to be held to Winctirst, r to morrow to consider the proposal of restoring the famous an cient Gothic cross in that city. It was erected in the Win chester market-place in the reign of Henry VI., by the fraternity of the Holy Cross, for the purpose of inspiring men with a sense of morality and piety amidst the ordinary trauma= of = = • IM. IN- • 4 klunlar OSBORNE, MAY 9. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and Prince Alfred, visited the Royal Victo ria Hospital at Netley on Friday afternoon. Her Majesty arrived at the landing place in the royal yacht Fairy, Captain his Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, at four o'clock, and was received by Col. Wilbraham, Governor and Commandant, Dr. Anderson, Inspector- General, and the princi pal medical officers on the establishment, and also by Major Ravenhill, R.E., under whose superin tendence the building was erected. Her Majesty proceeded at once to the principal building and carefully inspected the whole establishment in every part, visiting a Brest many of the wards, and speak ing a few words of sympathy to several of the most suffering patients. March. Upon the 27th March a bombardment was opened upon Fort Jarvier and the penitentiary, which was well fortified, and continued until the 31st, when a breach was made, and the French troops advanced and carried the positions by storming. From there the storming parties pushed on, taking successively at the point of the bayonet two other fortified posi tions, and presently entered the city. Ttiey fought their way through the streets, which were barri caded, and captured the Plaza de Armas and the cathedral, which were strongly fortified. These positions being carried, the Zauaves and soldiers of the 99th regiment of the line, assisted by the sappers, made their way through the houses and dislodged the Mexicans, who defended them with great bravery, fighting desperately from house to house. The French loss is reported to have been 150 kilted and 150 wounded. General Vernet de Laumiere is among the killed. The only fortified positions the Mexicans now retain are Forts Guadeloupe and Loretto. The attacking force of the French numbered 18,000 men, while the Mexican force was calcu lated at 25,000 men. General Fore) , holds the bridge over the Rio Petro, thus preventing Commontort, who is on the other side with 12,000 men, from advancing to Puebla. FRANCE. THE CAMPAIGN IN COCHIN CHINA. PARIS, MAY 11. Official dispatches rectived here from Cochin China to the 31st March state that public order was re-established in the colony. A great number of villages had given in their submission. Admiral Bonnard and a Spanish Plenipotentiary were to leave for Haue on the 3d April to exchange the ratifications of the treaty of peace of 1862. All the Spanish troops were to re-embark upon the 2d April to return to Manilla. The Moniteur of to day says :—" The Empress being slightly indisposed the evening party which was to take place at the Tuileries on the 11th inst., has been adjourned to the 18th." BOURSE, May 9 .—The market has been again heavy, but prices have been well maintained. 'Crime:, for the Account, are now at 691. 60c. Rail way Shares have been rather offered, and the majo rity of the lilacs are lower. The market closed as ollows It per Cents. .. 96 90 Italian Loan 72 25 Do. end month.... Do. end month 72 35 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 60 Do, end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1420 10 Russian on. end month.... 1420 Austrian .. — Bank Shares ...... 3380 Spanish Threes 52 50 Credit 1' oneier .... 1470 Home Debt .. RA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans _. • • Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1056 25 .. 1062 25 Geneva.... - .. 462 50 Southern ...... Western Eastern Sardinian 457 50 .. Austrian ...... Lon , bard - 575 -- • • 575 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona HALIFAX, APRIL 30. Mr. William Cornell Jewitt, who left by the Arabia for Europe, will publish an appeal to the Government and people of England, urging Eng land to join France and other powers in an invita tion to the North and South to meet in Congress, upon the plan proposed by Secretary Seward in h's letter to France, in order to legislate upon a basis for the settlement of existing differences. Thf appeal will further set for h the responsibility of England to act, and in so doing establish beyond question her friendly disposition towards the Ame rican nation. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The official byelaw® and regulations for the prize meeting of 1863 have been issued. The meeting will be held on Wimbledon Common. The camp will be ready for occupation on Monday, July 6. The shooting will commence on Tuesday, the 7th, at one o'clock, on which day the targets will be open for matches, pool, sighting, &c. On Wednee day and the following days the prize shooting will commence at 9.30. The following are the byelaw" and regulations:- 1. There shall be six ranges, viz. :-A, 200 yards; B, 500 ; C, 600; D, 8('0 ; E, 900; F, 1,000 y ards. 2. The size of the targets shall be the same as laid down in the army musketry regulations. The size of the targets at range F shall be the same as at range E. 3. There shall be square bull's eyes and centres at all ranges; bull's eyes counting 4, centres 3, outers 2.* 4. For volunteers the shooting at range A shall be off the shoulder ; at the remaining five ranges shall be from the knee, Hythe position, unless off the shoulder. 5. For all corners the shooting at range A shall, unless otherwise specified, be off the shoulder, at the remaining five ranges any position ; but no fixed artificial rest shall be allowed, unless otherwise specified. 6. No paid volunteer drill or musketry instructor who has served in the army or militia shall be qualified to shoot for prizes open to volunteers only, 7. Unless otherwise specified the prizes open to all corners may be shot for with any description of rifle not exceeding 101 b. in weight. 8. Unless otherwise specified, no magnifying sights shall be allowed. 9. No hair-triggers shall be allowed. 10. In shooting for prizes open to volunteers only the pull of trigger shall be restricted to a m'nimum of 61Igs. 11. Ties :-Where prizes are c mpeted for at one range only, ties shall fire one shot each at that range until the best,shm be returned, Where prizes are competed for at more than one range, and adjudged according to the aggre gate number of points made, ties shall fire one shot at the longest range until the best shot be returned. 12. In the competition for prizes restricted to volunteers at Hinges A, B, or C none but Government ammunition, as supplied on the ground from the Government magazine, shall be used. Any competitor infringing this rule shall be disqualified from competing for any prizes during the re mainder of the meeting. 13. Competitors shall, if required, submit their rifles for inspec ion before, during, or after a match. 14 No competitor shall, unless otherwise specified, enter more than once for any prize. 15. The winners of money prizes shall have the option of taking them in money or in kind, as in previous years. 16. All winners of money prizes shall be required to de clare to the secretary, on the morning of Friday, the 17th, their intention to take their prize in money or in kind, and in the latter case to give their names to be attached to the article which they have selected from the exhibition tent. 17. The presentation of prizes shall take place at the Crystal Palace on Monday, July 20, With regard to the prizes, the pressure on our space pre cludes us from stating more than the prizes themselves, leaving the conditions to be ascertained by a reference to the bye•laws. FIRST STAGE OF HER MAJESTY'S PRIZE,-1. To the best shot :--The silver medal of the association. 2. To each of the 30 best shots in order of merit :- ( a) A Whitworth rifle, value £2O. (b) The N ,tiGnal Rifle Association badge. (c) £5 in money. 3. To each of the next 30 best shots in order of merit :-(a) Ihe National Rifle Association badge. (b) £5 in money. THE ST. GEORGE'S CHALLENGE VASE, VALUE £250.- Presented for annual competition to the Volunteer Batta lions of Great Britain by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lindsay, on behalf of the members of the St. George's Rifles. The following additional prizes shall be awarded, and be come the property of the three best shots in the contest, viz. :-A gold and enamelled jewel of St. George, to the winner of the Challenge Vase. 2. A silver and enamelled jewel of St. George, to the seeond best shot in the contest. 3. A bronze cross of St. George, to the third best shot in the contest. 4. A large photograph of the Challenge Vase and Jewel, handsomely framed. 5. A large ph tograph of the Challenge Vase and Jewel, handsomely framed, to the battalion which shall prove its if succet•sful. THE HOUSE OF LORDS' PRIZE.-Xl7O, given by the House of Lords, and divided into 21 pr izes, as follows :-One prize of £2O, five prizes of £lO, fourteen prizes of £5, entrance fie ss. ; one prize of £3O. Any rifle of bona fide government pattern carr3ing '577 bore ammunition, 7 shots each at range C ; no entrance fee. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES'S PRIZE -A Cup of the value of £lOO, or £lOO in money, at the option of the winner. ' HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN'S PutzE.—A Cup, value £250; or £250 in money, at the option of the winner, toge ther with the gold medal of the Ass ciation. THE LADIES' CONSOLATION PRIZES, given by the Ladies of England. ALL COMERS' PrizEs, open to all nations. NATIONAL ttIFLE ASSOCIATION PRIZES.—Sixty ize-, open to any rifle—At range A, twenty prizes. aggregate value, £240 ; at range B, twenty prizes, aggregate value, £240; at range C, twenty prize., aggregate value, £240 ; total aggregate value of the prizes, £72o—divided at each range as follows—one £5O prize, one £4O prize, two £2O prizes, six £lO prizes, ten £5 prizes. THE " ALBERT" PRIZE.—A Cup, value £100; or £lOO in money, at the option of the winner, presented by the National Rifle Association. SIXTY PRlZES.—Restricted to Rifles of bona fide Govern ment pattern, carrying 577 ammunition minimum pull of trigger 61bs.—At range A, thirty prizes, aggregate value, £185; at range B, thirty prizes, aggregate value, £185; total aggregate value, £360. Divided at each range as fol lows :—One £25 prize, one £2O prize, five £lO prizes, thir teen £5 prizes, five £3 prizes, five £2 prizes. THE ALEXANDRA PRIZE.--Given in hot our of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales —A Cup, value £5O, or £5O in money, at the option of the winner. THE ASSOCIATION CUP. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE S PRIZE. A Cup of the value of £5O, or £5O in money, at the option of the winner. PUBLIC ScuooLs' PRIZE —The Ashburton Challenge Shield and Earl pencer's Cup. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S PRIZE —A Cup, value £5O, or £5O in money, at the option of the win LORD VERNON'S PRIZES, VALUE £5O, AND THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" PRIZE,—lst priZ, Saturday Re view, £5O ; 2a prize, Lord Vernon's. £25 ; 3d prize, Lord Vernon's, £l5; 4th prize, Lord Vernon's, £lO. THE ELCHO CHALLENGE SHIELD.—The regulations for this prize were drawn up by Viscount Bury and Mr. Ho- - _ ratio Ross, and were sanctioned by the Council of she National Rifle Association. MATCH BETWEEN THE LORDS AND COMMONS.—EIeven competitors on each side. 7 shots at each of the ranges A and B. Any rifle. Any position. RIFLE DERBY —Open to a y rifle. Entrance £2. Hal forfeit if declared before the c abpetition begins. Sub. scribers not shooting al owed a nomination. No crmpetitor or nominee can be e .tered more than once. There shall be three prizes :—Half of the sum total subscribed shall form the Ist prize, three-fifths of the remainaer shall form the 2d prize; the remaining two-fifths shall form the 3d prize, RIFLE OAKS,—Restricted to nibs of bona fide govern ment pattern, carrying .577 ammunition. Entr 'nee, £l. Half forfeit if declared before the competition begins. Same conditions as for Rifli Derby. EARL OF DUDLEY s PRIZE —A Cup, value £5O, or £5O in money, at the option of winner. The following prizes have been alread) given for compe tition, and shall be competed for as " extra prizes :"—By Mr, Smith, of Davis-street, a rifle, value £4O ; by Mr. Bennet, of Cheapside, a gold "Bennett" watch, value £3O; by Sergeant Pixley, Victoria Rifles, a cup, value £25. The marking will be in Captain Hill's system—viz., with the disc on the target. Free Emigration for Lancashire Operatives. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—Allow me to acknowledge, with thanks, the fol lowing contributions for the above object—viz., Miss Har riet Martineau, Li; T. 8., £3; S. E. W., Is.; James Dean, ss. ; A Friend, 2,4. 6d. Further contributions are earnestly requested on behalf of the hundreds of distressed operatives who have, during the laA fortt.iht, made application to emigrate to our Aus tralian colonies, to whom aid has been obliged to be refused for want of funds. Special help is solicited towards purchasing an outfit for a few operatives, who are going to Victoria on the 15th inst. Their circumstances will not allow them to provide the clothing that is absolutely necessary for the voyage. In the hope that the appeal will meet with a sympathis ing response.—l remain, yours faithfully, GEORGE ASHWORTH, Hon. Sec. Lancashire Emigration Society. Manchester, May 9, 1863, Mr. Creswick concluded on Saturday a brief en gagement at the Surrey Theatre, the scene of his tormer management, lie has been playing a round of his favou rite characters, much to the satisfaction of his numerous admirers, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, S GNOR Signor Mario is so associated with the noble' memories of this theatre that his presence Ina always be viewed by its p, trons as setting a seal 1 its pretensions. There are so many characters tilt are still his own, and a 3 many more that our reco lections will insist in includin g i n hi s list, the% absence, w h e th er as a pos i t i ve or i m aginal loss, could not fail t o b e i n j ur ious t the scene o f hi s o ld successes. Th e re a higher ground, h owever , on wh i c h hi s value i to be estim a t e d. Hi s art i st i c claims, b ot h voce and dramatic, reac h so hi gh a level of refinemen that he is become a standard to the musical worli in respect to a ll p o i nts o f taste and feel i ng , an d therefore, not only is he a source of great enjoyme nl in himself, but a means of detecting a true enjo y' ment in the pow ers o f hi s compet i tors . San an influence, o f course, i s Lot merell limited to his auditors. His standard cannot • tail in i ns pi r i ng t h e e ff orts of new singer until it gradually becomes as permanent as it is la every way desirable. There is no ch arac t er i n w hi ch S i gnor Mario f more distinc t ly attests h i s eminence than t h a t o f Almaviva, wherein th e grace o f the no bl ema n to s o essential to verify the mirth of the comedi an.; and the love that prompts him to sci vea. lure, affects not the taste with which it is indulge" Here the illusion that he raises by the means of the truth that stamps his gaiety is one of these in' stances of consummate art that never fails to be; come historical. Q u it e on a l evel with h i s pe rfect acting is his singing of his character in which eve r / charm of feeling and expression is so abundantly displayed. Among our few remaining artists wh angi taste and cultur e are o f a kind to e nable them to do justice to the refined brilliancy of Ra s ' sini, Signor Mario in this character possesses 01° the advantage of a vo i ce w h ose unequalled swe et' _ ness enables him t o d o j ust i ce to Rossini's melody l° Here—unsubjected t o t h e stra i n which so Inan impairs it in tr ag i c opera—its delightful tone as welt as pliancy finds i ts f u ll an d appropriate scope and leaves an impression that is undisturbed by eof contemporaneous eff or t. W e are glad to ree ol that Signor Mario was in admirable voice on Sa • turday evening, when, to the great delight of 6 crowded house, be made his first appearau'a for the season, a n d t h at h e never sung or acted wi t " more success than on this occasion. From the first note of his "Ecco Ridente" he last he had to deliver, th e iraPreS; sion was as comp l ete as it was in eve:jA respect delightf u l. Si gnor Mario we need nos , was most warmly rece i ved on his first entra t and rewarded th roug h out the evening with all t he testimonies he h as so l ong b een used to. Neel: say how w on d er f ul l y he was supported by the of Signor Ronconi, the very greatest histrionionl' that our stage h as ever seen, and the test of merit in this particular is its power to make u s forg et all its d e fi c i enc i es of voice. Such overflowing I clun3c) n b in combination with such shrewdness a nd a ° spirit, st amp th i s performance also as one O f th e uuique things of our time. Another feature of the evening was, of course, the Itosina of M a dll e . P atti, which, in like nonite r ° may be cited as one of those characters that 11 i -8 become her own. N ature has done so much to Can -40 this alike in h er gen i us and physical gifis—Sba t ilt6 had but little to d eve l op i n order to establish eanh- s ro claim. Her p e tit e and graceful person is not rii° a appropriate to the conception of this young playful being, than her piquant huinoarhoes adapted to give i ts sp i r i t the freest scope- 41 " - y, • the marvellous quality of her voice enables 11.er ll convey its florid. music in a manner that leave s rivalry a lon g way i n the distance. Inspired, so we thought, by th e presence of her great asse niates on this occ as i on , Mademoiselle Patti never ns°6 , or acted with more tr i umphant excelieli tier " Una v oce " was, as usual, a Pe, ,00 rfea 00 t bi.ze of voca l b r il l i ancy —and not less successfu l - her singi ng l esson, i n which she introduced a Wa. 11% Was rapturously encore d . She has rarely by Mr. Str a k esc h—" Di Gioja insolito, " d r mainteilie her reputati on more superbly than by this P e 4 tortnance, or elici te d f rom her admirers s trol o, testimonies of th e f act . Signor CiampiNy' s d, Bartolo, and t h ough, as usual, somewhat inannn-- r o played with much force and pleasantry. • ce 6l 'their Royal Hi g b desses the Prince an d PO° e, of Wales h onoure d t h e performance by their ht r ed P sence, and appa ren tl y were not the le' a t deliP of its spectators. ATEL O ' DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MO- A supplement t o t h e L ondon Gazette issu ep" w ig' S tturday p u bli s h es the royal warrant for a uerjlleuti lion to inquir e i nto t h e case of the distiogu'6ie. service colo ne l s an d o f certain captains av d tenant-colonels of the Foot Guards, promoted i consists of the following member s : —Lieut.. /400 , Right Hon. J. P eet, E. P. Bouveri e , M.P,, G (.4.0.8., G en . Si r G . Brown, G.U.8., Lieut. oon the Earl of Rosslyn, Major. Gen. Sir Wm. nre A lci stih K.C.8., R oya l Artillery; Major-Gen. 6°3'o-h.131 Roj ai E ng i neers; Major-Gen. David _Russell' sti and Major-G..m. Randal Rumley, S e cretarl' o p fhomas Cave B rowne Cave, clerk in the Wer -° , The terms of the warrant are as f o lk:l% l6 j , " Whereas we t h ought i t expedient by our r presents, d ate d A pr i t 12, 1858, to authorise ou d of point a commi ss i on to i nqu i re into the worlii: g por/ the system of promotion recommended in 0 17 %60 of a r o y a l comm i ssion of 1854, and into the cl ee jo of of prom o ti on an d ret i rement i n the higher 0° oio p the army, commenci ng w i t h the rank of Plio And whereas it has been relresented to us t h lo pe i officers who were prom ote d to the rank of °goo? in the Sears 1855 and 1856 as our aidea' de— ,arl and for distinguished service in the Crimea n o f consider that by the operation of the roy al rant of October 14, 1858, founded on the ree c)/11 001 dation of the royal commission of 18682.,091' have been d e p r i ve d , to an undue extent, of lii;tibpoo tion they at ta i ne d b y the promotion conterreseetei them. And w h ereas i t h as also been rePreado to us that c er t a i n capta i ns an d lieutenant-col 1; be' the Guards, who were promoted to that rt o f Ol e tween the 20th Jun e , 1854, an d the issuing that warrant of 6th October of that year, conai de u their positio ns i n t h e army have been !O cill a 0 jured by toe o p erat i on o f the said warrant WCrrao October, 1854, an d a l so b y the subsequen t of October, 1858. Now We, reposing gr eii b ilitio and confidence in your z ea l, discretion, atiis: tnee e have auth or i se d and appointed, and d° sai d presents authorise and a pp o i nt you, the del i Jonathan Peel, th e H onourable Ed ward P G org:, Bouverie, Sir Al exan d er W oo d for d, Sir, 0, Brown, Jam e s A lexan d er, E arl of R oss l o9 sePt William Bruceton, Henry Sandham, Thtvi d ii to i ll ' and Randal Ruculey, to be ou r c om misaion e ' m d We quire into the claims of the said Lfficers• O lUr do hereby authori se an d empower You' o ° to ° I commissioners, or any th ree or more of Pnatinft° rain informatio n th ereupon, b y the elon 3 e - i r WA"; all persons most competent, b y reason o f tb a lso ledge, habit s , or exper i ence to afford i t . or , r ecor de d by calling f or a ll d ecaments, pape rs / or mo re 0 , which may appear to you, or any three od to V II , you, calculated to assist your researches , 00 t he o ti or mote the formation of a sound judgmeli t ,re !Oder any And we hereby command and requ; to, Od d, three or more of you, to report % eat se t° your hands and seals, with all cony" ent i t led to your opinion whether these officers a re voatit form any redress, and if so, to recommend it ' And toe to , such redress should be accorded to thew; to 0 01 0 ' 00 will and command, and by these Pre ee . a P r o , that this cur commission shall continue 1 • ner , 010 .1011 and virtue, and that you, our said comiu tio , to I at . any three or more of you, way from of e rl ° to o I proceed in the execution thereof, and ti , h the i4 ep t, ier and thing therein contained, al til° ,!i o aroll i o be not continued from time to time bY n a_7 o we; to It is requested that any officer ' 6 . r: wishe s 00 „ may be effected by the above, and wn .0 _ t bo c u r, examined by, or ix.ake any statement t °. to to o ', bil p missioners, will forward his appu pO l3 Cave, at the War•officep with tile wr delay.