The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-20 00:00:00

SCINDE.

It is stated that advices by the last mail from India
were received apprising the company of every support
and encouragement from the authorities in Scinde, and
expressing the anxiety of the principal residents in the
province to invest largely in the undertaking.

GEELONG AND MELBOURNE. •
The Geelong Advertiser states that the directors and
their engineers have been indefatigable in their various
duties, and that no railroad in England has been known
to make quicker progress towards completion, consider-
ing the number of men employed. Gangs of workmen
are placed at various intervals along the whole line of
road, and to the north of Ashhy they are laying down
the permanent works ; and it is expected, before another
12 months elapse, that traffic by rail between Geelong
and Melbourne will be established.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON RAIL-
WAY BILLS.

WESTMINSTER TERMINUS (CLAPHAM TO NORWOOD.)
Mr. COBBETT reported from the committee on this bill
that the proposed capital of the company is 148,0001.,
and the amount of loan 49,0001. The length of the pro-
posed railway is 2 miles 5 furlongs and 1 chain, and the
steepest gradient is, in 97. The estimated cost of the
railway is 145,5001., and the quantity of land traversed
by the railway 1091 acres. Mr. Gregory was the engi-
neer examined. in support of the bill. The committee
were satisfied of the fitness, in an engineering point of
view, of the proposed railway. In accordance with the
resolution of the house of the 27th of March last, the
committee ascertained that 10,912/. had been deposited
in the Court of Chancery on the 3d of April by the pro.
moters of the bill.

His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicbolaiewitch, brother of the Emperor, is appointed
to the command of the corps of engineers in Poland, and
has left this city for Warsaw, where he will take up his
head-quarters.
MORE FAILIIRRE IN THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM,
Tueslay.—Other suspensions, in addition to those al-
ready announced, have occurred within the last few days
in South Staffordshire. Messrs. Whitehouse and Jef-
Fedex, of the Phcenix Works, W(1,1 Bromwich, have
issued circulars calling their creditors together at the
Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, on Friday next, for the
purpose of determining the course to be taken with the
view of managing and distributing the assets of the
estate. The creditors of Mr. Jefferies, ironmaster, of
Hart's-hill Works, were also summoned for the same
day and for a like purpose. The debts and liabilities of
the two concerns, which in some degree are understood
to he connected, are roughly quoted at about 100,0001.
A third firm, of some standing, and well known in the
trade—that of Messrs. Hickman, of Bilston—have been
compelled to ask indulgence from their creditors, and a
meeting has been called to adjudicate upon the state of
their affairs ; and lastly, Mr. Joseph Spencer, ironmaster,
who is involved by the failure of his brother, is endea-
vouring to negotiate an arrangement with the claimants
upon. his estate, which, it is hoped, will realise 6s. in
the pound. Other firms are freely spoken of, but suffi-
cient for the day is the evil thereof. A meeting of the
creditors of the Messrs. Davies, of West Bromwich,
was held at the Queen's Hotel in this town yesterday,
but again adjourned to allow the committee of inquiry
further time for the completion of their work of inspec-
tion. It appears to be the anxious wish of all parties,
if possible, to avoid the Court of Bankruptcy.
It was mentioned on Friday that the revelations daily
taking place in connection with the affairs of Straban,
Paul, and Co., seemed likely to put their failure before
the public as one of the worst upon record. At that
tbiemyeontdhemreiswcoansdnuoct ssunsephicais thateoones w
itithininvothlyseid.nranything
of the Court of Bankruptcy ; but it is now --actuallyc re-
ported that certain securities belonging to customers and
s a
deposited under lock and key have to be
naccountedn for,
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THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO FORT PM' AND :-....--A.
SUPPLEMENTAL HOSPITAL, BROM ~:- .*:/o-NT\
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Although the intelligence arrived so late on 3 • ''' ' ""ZI, loi. pf:-.
.. evening, of her Majesty's-intention to confer t dabc ..
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anticipated Visit upon her brave soldiers, com s :::; --tll '-'*i A'
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nearly of every regiment of the cavalry and line, loc. ''
in Eort Pitt, Brompton, and St. Mary's Barrack:, theta a 9
orders for the Queen's reception were de-patched
with so much celerity to the respective hospitals,
that every ward was in the most perfect state for
the inspection of her Majesty. The welcome news soon
spread amongst the invalids, and throughout the hospitals
were to be seen faces teeming with delight. .Upon her
Majesty's carriage approaching the drawbridge of Fort
Pitt, where Lieutenant Breedon, 25th Regiment, 2 ser-
geants, and 40 rank and file were stationed, a royal
Mute burst forth from the guns of the Spur Bat-
tery. The acclamations of the assemblage were most
'loyal, enthusiastic, and prolonged during the entrance
of her Majesty and the Royal cortege. Her Majesty's
carriage drawing up to the entrance of the Hospital, a
, numerous staff received the Queen, who, with evident
marks of pleasure, most graciously acknowledged
the same. Dr G. Dartnell, P.M.O. (surrounded by
his staff, 'Drs. Battersby, Ridgeway, Stuart, Moffatt,
Heatley, Allen ; the chaplain, Mr. Stiinson ; G. /
Prattles and H. Hacheson, Esqrs., purveyors to the
forces ; together with the
principal medical clerk, Mr.
Pungly), presented to her Majesty a card, containing a
statement of the hospital, the numbers of the wounded,
6thweafrrdo:tw-beirtteena,baonudt
eight
igit
f impaired health. Her Majesty,
taking-the arm of Prince Albert, then proceeded to No.
poor men were in bed. Her
Herman
Majesty expressed great sympathy with them, spoke
into their cases, which Drs. Parry and Dartnell explained.
yiwk,,ti
jnedstyy? ourndds tol them;ryal apnardty.iye qui red most minutely .
went out of the hospital, when, tu?ntilnogwetod btyli
wisw,
iol itrehdr eo,nt, leiaecttrwen
"attention
ethreigsliZfrft
brought them into the beautiful and well-kept gardens,
were seated. Upon
the
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hfs
and feet,€hri, Islucataji:des formingtY,
in two
long lines 0f.260 each. Every
ft:ttoaht:segii,n.evalids
iwho were not in bed
every man, whether
oriko'en a"
hand stating his name,' regiment,
was evidentlywere
n what battle. Her Majesty
he scene before }lei, and did not ' fail affected by
to speak to every

The inspection ended, her Majesty and suite were
proceeding to their carriages, drawn up under the Mar.
tello Tower: when the royal attention was called to the
invalid carriage recently sent to this port from London to
Convey the severely wounded from the railway to the
hospital, . This carriage is capable of holding four men
at full length, acd six in kitting posture, but from its ir•
mense weight it is not well calculated for its object. The
royal visit to*Fort Pitt General Hospital now beim,,
ended, the carriages drove off, attended by the same staff,'
to Brotupton Hospital, where every arrangement hail
been made similar to that of Fort Pitt, her Majesty be.
ing only attended by the staff of the respective hospitals,
thus affording ample opportunity for inspecting the
wards, and conversing with the wounded. At Brompton
Hospital, in addition to the staff which had attended her
Majesty at Fort Pitt, Dr. Dzillasley, from Fnrt Pitt (in
the absence of Dr. Reid, on leave), with the Rev. Chas.
Ureen, chaplain to the forces, accompanied her Majesty
in her inspection of one or two wards and the men, who
assembled in number to 270. Of these 62 have wounds:,
37 frost bites, and 170 impaired health.
This concluded the whole inspection by her Majesty,
when the royal carriages were entered at six o'clock, and
a royal salute greeted her Majesty on her way to the
terminus, where a great concourse of the inhabitants of
the four towns were assembled to greet her Majesty.
There were not near so many desperate cases as when
her Majesty paid her first visit.

NAVAL OPERATIONS IN PEACE AND
WAR.

The eighth and last meeting of the Statistical Society
• for the session 1854 5, was held on Monday evening, at
the rooms of the Society in St. James's-square ; the Right
Hon. the Earl of llarrowby, President, in the chair.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert occupied a seat on
the right of the chairman, who was also supported by
several of the nobility. After the transaction of some
routine business, a paper was read, entitled as follows :
" On the Mortality arising from Naval Operations," by
W. B. Hodge, Esq., Fellow of the Statistical Society,,
and of the Institute of Actuaries.

The author commence l by stating the object of his
paper, and after pointing out the difficulty of the investi-
gat►on, arising from the circumstance that it was not
until the year ISIO that the Admiralty required annual
returns to lie made of the deaths on board the various
ships in commission, he submitted to the meeting a state-
ment, showinwthe number of naval actions fought front
1793 to 1815, and the losses in killed and wounded arising
therefrom, together with the annual loss of life from
shipwreck. It appeared that, during 204 years of actual
hostilities, 576 actions were fought, and in them 4,787
officers and men were killed, 14,270 wounded, and 325
drowned or destroyed in ships sunk or blown up, and
that, in the same period, 13,621 lives were lost by ship-.
wreck. The author gave some details as to the probable
proportion of deaths among the wour.ded, add compared
the mortality from disease in time of war with that which
prevailed in time of peace. Assuming the average
strength of the navy to be 110,180 men, he stated, as
the result of a careful inquiry into all the accessible in-
formation upon the subject, that, in the • 20i years of
war 6,663 had been killed, drowned, or died of wounds
received in action ; 13,621 had met their death from
shipwreck, and 72,102 had died from diseases and acci-
dents ; making a total mortality of 92,386. He esti-
mated the mortality from the same causes for the same
period in time of peace as fallows :—Shipwreck, 1,636 ;
disease and accidents, 27,440 ; total mortality, 29,076 ;
thus showing an excess of mortality caused by war, in-
dependent of those killed in action.

NOYAL OPY,RA, DRURY-I ANL
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVE-NINO,

Will he performed NOR.‘IA, in which Madame Arga, Mdlle Mag-
ner, Signor Armandi, Mr Hamilton i'.raham, &c., will appear.
To conc'ude with a Grand FIVE NCH II kr,Lr,T, supported by
Mite. Palmyra,lle. Paolo, Fiiant, &c.
Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of
Boxes and pit, Is ; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; sta Is, 45.; private boxes to
admit two persons, 10s, 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office
open from 10 to 6 dai y.

THRA.TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnekstene.

THIS EVENING.

Will be performed LOVE'S MARTYRDOM. Characters by
Ifessrs. B. Sulll,nui and Howe ; Miss H. Faucitt ana MLA Swan-
borough.

After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY.

To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S I'HEATRF,, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Cnaar.ra KERN.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY.
To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka-
tharine, Mr 4. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.--Dirt-e, tress, Madf.4me
THIS EVENING.

For the BENEFIT of Madame CELESTE.

Will be performed HELPING- HANDS. Characters by Messrs.
B. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &c.; Madame Celeste
Mrs. Keeley, &c.
Followed by FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
To conclude with TaE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed PERFECT CO Nr, FIDE SCE. Characters by
Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley.

To be followed by STILL WATERS RiTN DEEP. Characters
by mews. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell,
and Mrs. MeHort.

To conclude with THE GIRRICK FEVER.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.

Under the direction of Miss Rebecca 13111142.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed THE HONEST LAWYER.
Followed by 'TWAS I.
After which, CHERRY AND FAIR STAR. Principal character
by Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
To be followed by I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.

Boundless Magnificence and Majestic Effect.
THIS EVENING,

The grand rrppodramatic Spectacle called. ENGLAND and
PRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY; or, the Brothers in Arms.
C tparisoned steeds, knizhts in armour, tournament in the Field of
tie Cloth of Gold. One gigantic arena formed by the ring and the
stage ! Dazzling, r,rilliancy and vivid reality !
Each night the unique AC IS in the CIRCLE, arranged by Mr.
William Cooke.

dos-oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Wait. Acting Ntanager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tuts DAY —Morninß 21 mip.after 5 I Evening 44min. art. 5
To-Arosaow—id °riling 6 itan.after 6 Evening 28 min. aft. 6

Ovvica. June 20.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
Cl —highest since noon yesterday.
47 —lowest this morning and during the night.
59—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER. 30.45—a great rise.
WIND, N.E.—Fresh and fine.

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