The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-14 00:00:00

MANCEFSTER, JUNE 12

_ .
STOCK EXCIIANGE. —The share market przsented an im-
proved appearance . to-day, and generally had a ten-
dency uowards. The transactions were as follow
burn (so, 1), 5 15-16—Eastein Counties, 9 5-16—. East Lan-
cashire, 17 11-16=-Laucashire and Yorkshire, MlA—Ditto
(West Riding Union), 4 dis.-1,:-.ndon and North-Western,
123 X
—Matichester and Mratinghana (C) Quarters, 2 p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 32%—Ditto, New
61. Preference, vs
p,—Midland, CS—North British, 73/4—
North Staffordshire, 6 7-16 die. South-Eastern and
Dover, 203/.

BIRMINGHAM' Joars 12.
STccx EXcluzierz—W e have no improvement to notice
to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices
varied little from those which have been quoted for the last
few days. The only transactions reported were—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (A), s—Ditto (B), 51. 16s, 9d.—London
and 'North_Weaten3; New Quarters, 51 p.

D. MACDOUGALL, of Inverness.
Rooms, 19 B, Golden-square. Open from 2 to 6 o'clock until is'
July, when Mr. MacDougall returns to Inverness.

ITALIAN OP ERA,
COVENT GARDEN.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.
In consequence of so many persons having been unable to obtain
Islam on Thursday last, the same performances will be repeated.
On THURSDAY next, June 17,
Will be presented Donizetti's Opera,
LUCREZIA BORGIA.

ROYAL

Luaresio Borgia, Madame. Grisi ; Madio Orsini, Madlle. Segain ;
Don Alfonso, Signor Ronconi ; Don Apostolo Gazella, Signor Marini;
Eustiglsello, Signor Soldi ; Gabetta, Sigaor Tagliaflco ; Astolfo, Sig,
Poloninl; Oloforma Vitellozaa, Signor Luigi Mei ; Gennaro, Signor
Mario.

To eettoiado vtith the third and fourth acts of the opera,
I MARTIRI,

Par&no, Madame Jullienne (of the Academie Royale, Paris) ;
Severn', Signor ktonconi ; Felix, Signor Marini; Nearcus, Signor
; a Christian, Signor Soldi; Calisthenes, Signor Poloiaini ;
Polyatos, Signor Tamberlik.
Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES SEAN.
This Evening, June 14, will be performed a new and original Play,
in five acts, by the author of " The Wife's Secret," entitled TUE
TRIAL OF LOVE. After which will be produced for the first time,
a Phantasm, related in three Dramas, entitled THE VAMPIRE-
For the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN.
Tuesday, 15, The Trial of Love, and (under approval) The Vampire
Wednesday, 16, The Trial of Love, and The Corsican Brothers.
Thursday, 17, The Trial of Love, and The Vampire.
Friday, 13, The Trial of Love, and The Corsican Brothers.
Saturday, 19, The Trial of Love, and The Vampire.

BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO.
DROME,
Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-garcons,
Is now OPEN for the Season
Tremendous overflows to all parts of this truly magnificent build-
ing, weich now forms the most astetn!ding feature of the present day
—Astounding plaudits greet the venous performances of the inim-
itable Company of Equestrian Artists, which for extent and talent
have never before been equalled.
A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance
Admission—Reserved Seats, ; First Class, 21; Second ditto,
Is.; Third ditto, 6d.
Doors open at Five, to commence at six precisely.
THIS DAY, Juno 14, a GraFal Ascent in the Royal
at Five,HipwpohdrOme Bal-
loon, at Si o'clock precisely' ; doors open
portunity will be allowed the public of witnessing te ir2atianoll.op.

irz arAL, mARI(M.TETTE THEATIIE,
ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND.
.ice EVENING, and every evening during the week,
Will be presented PUNCH A LA ROMAINE.
To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertainment by
an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes.
To be followed by an entirely
new version of the Grand Ea:steni
spectacle of ALADDa; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with
al the vast resources of this small establishment.
To conclude with a new Italian Divertissement, entitled EL NANO
DEL VELLAGIS.
ADoors open At Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.
Morning Performance on Wednesday and Saturday neat.
Doors open at Halpas t Tw, and somence at Tree o'cloc
Private Boxes af-na Stallso to be hadm at the Bhox-ealce ofk. the
Theatre, And of all the principal Librarians.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW
Will to presented Verdi's Opera,
ERNANI.

ElTira, Madlle. Sofie Crjelll;---Eraani, Signor Calzolari ; Ray
Gomez, Signor Selletti ; lago, Signor Fortini ; Carlo V., Signor
Ferletti.

In the course of the evening a DIVERTISSEMENT. in which
will be represented La Mazurke, by Madlle. Louise Fleury, sup..
ported by Madlles. Lamoureux and Allegrini. The new grandpas by
Madlle. Caroline Rosati and M. Durand.
To conclude with the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled
Uv BAILLE DE CANDIL,

In which Mdlle. Guy litephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La-
moureux,M. Di Mattla, and M. Mathieu will appear.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
office, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
First appearance of 3ladlle. Angiolina Bosio.
TO-MORROW
Will be presented the first act of
NOR3I A.
Norma, Madame Grist ; Adalgisa, Sladlie. Bertrandi ; Clotilde,
Cotti; Oroveso, Herr Formes ; Flavio, Signor Soldi ; Polliq
Signor Tamberlik.
To conclude with Donizetti's Opera,
L'LLISIR D'A3IORE.
Adina, Madlle. Angiolina Bosio Gianetta, J3adlle. Cotti ; Ne-
morino, Signor Calvani ; Belcore, Signer Bartolini ; Dulcamara,
Signor Ronconi.

Commence at Eight o'clock.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (tor the
Night or Season), at the Box-office •t the Theatre, which is open
from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and
musicsellers.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARET.
Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompion.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND
YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray,
Luckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c.
With KEELEY WORRIED BY BIICKSTONE.
With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, in which
Mr. Keeley will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed SEA and LAND. Characters by Messrs. Paul
Bedford, Wright, Hughes, 0. Smith, Worrell, Emery ; Misses Ellen
Chaplin, K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy,
Mr. Emery ; Paal Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr.
Willis. Mr. Worrell ; Piacebe, Miss Woolgar ; Eliza, Miss L. Honey.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
'Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN.
The Free List is entirely suspended.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new and original Play, in five acts, by the
author of The Wife's Secret, entitled THE TRIAL OF LOVE. Prin-
cipal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Ryder, Graham, Meadows,
Cathcart, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Marshall, and Mrs. C.
Kean.

After which will be produced, firs; time,
THE VAMPIRE, a Phantasm, related in three srtunas.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A
CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews,
Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Sater, Ilorncastle,
Rosiere. Butler, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene,
Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, miss Wright, Miss
Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis,
Miss Grove, and Miss Foote.

To be followed by TAKING BY STORM. Characters by Messrs.
C. Mathews, Suter, Miss Isabel Dickenson, and Miss Jalia St. George.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Under the Patronage of her Ma.esty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The most zt,ccesstut and popular Theatre in London.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented the gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle of ST.
GEORGE and the DRAGON. St. George, Mr. Alfred Cooke.
To be followed by Batty's Inimitable scenes ot the Arena, intro-
ducing the most numerous equestrian company in Europe.
To conclude with a Laughable r'srce.
Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily.
Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Open for the Season,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT
ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid
and interesting Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un-
rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding at
Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby,
representing, the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the
Aucients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops,
the Whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a
rand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nerelads receiving the
A `.otir of Achilles.
Boom
cent2Pen from Nine Feeding the Animals at Five. Con-
.alf-pauit Six. Fireworks about Half-past Nine.
ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING.

THIS DA- 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
• --Morning 0 min. after 0 5l min after 11
•Lorninz 14 nain. alter 12 1 Eveningg 37 min after 12

THE Hro
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oHEE.—CTN S OFFICE, JUNE 13.
Tall SHADE.
43--lowest,noon yesterday.
62—thia day, atraiilrrunon. g and daring the night.
4 29.76.
Bw.tuo,irrza.
AT 11'1) W*—fitte
ju,l 14.
THEILHOMETzja,
Ti
67—.. high since awn yea,„,` SHADE.
47—:ovieSt this morning aji
trY.
58—.1ya dity, at ::con. 'ring the night.
BAEOMBISR, 59'33 ; a fall of nearly
yesterday. half an inch since
WrND and showery, with ocemio_
annehine•

DAILY WEATHER TAI3II.E.
~tato of the Wind and Weather at each of the 1.„.0w.
places at Nine o'clock on Saturday mornmg..—The""lng
r, arranged in order of latitudo. ultimo
PEA-mount—Wind N. W.. gentle breeze—overcast.
Puazasiourn—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially clonct.
BarGirrox—Wind N. W., gentle breeza—cloudless. ond ess. Y
IlaJangov—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—part:ally cloudy.
SonTaAnzerox—Wind W. strong breeze—Partially cloudy.
For.K......rosr2.—Wind W gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
~
Tcvismorc—Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy.
GREENWTCH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
STP-oon—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Smilmon—Wind N., light airs—overcast.
COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
YARMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate tne state of
the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine
o'clock :
Latimicx—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CA.nLow—Wind hard wind—cloudy.
kfutraraAn--Wind N., strong breeze—overcast,

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LOSDON, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1852.

A decision has recently been announced by the
t.
Court of Queen's
,ha
ni such as cannot fail to influ-
ence in a remarkable
ner that question relating to
the renewal. or revision of tha East Id' Cora-
pany's Charter, which mast la
n
. now very dil
under the consid speedily cm°
eration of Parliament. It meals
more clearly, perhapg, than any
c.
irounistance that has
yet transpired the absolute and i
ve
for some extraordinary modiiicatioPerati
hitherto entruteci, almost. unconditionally, °f t necessity
he powers
vol:1411Y, to the

EER STALKING AND GROUSE i Leadenhall-street Directors. Otherwise the gallant
SHOOTING.
warriors who have conquered such gigantic provinces
TO THE SPORTING WORLD.
The subscriber (who in the Great Zxhibition of all Nations re- of Bandostan must remain altogether at the mercy—
ceired a Prize Modal) has arrived in London, with patterns of all
the necessary Clothing for Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, Salmon and recent events have proved it to be by no means
Fishing, &c. Plaids, Tartans, Socks, Stockings, Bonnets, Wrappers,
Capes, Cloaks, Zetland Goods, &c. tne tender mercy—of the traders suthorised to adnai-
Very fine Plaids and Tartans for Ladies. The Highland Dress nister the affeirs of India in the name of her MA.-
correctly made up.
JEsTY's Government.
It will be remembered that upon the occasion of the
glorious and ever-memorable conquest of Scinde a
considerable amount of booty was captured by the
victors of Meanee and Hyderabad. It will be re-
membered that that booty, taken in 1843, was granted
in 1845, by Royal Warrant, to the Board of Directors
of the East India Company, in trust—after deducting
whatever quantity of jewels for the Ameers as
might be determined upon by the Government at Cal-
cutta—to distribute the remainder among the officers
and men of the conquering army in shares properly
apportioned. It will likewise be borne in particular
recollection that the residue of prize-money thus set
apart for the triumphant forces who had crossed the
Indus in the February of 1843, had been nobly
earned by a display of resolution seldom paralleled
even in the annals of our Asiatic victories. It cannot,
indeed, be very speedily forgotten that upon the
battle-field of Meanee, on the 17th of that famous
February, 2,600 men fighting under the banners of
England, had routed an opposing force of 15 guns,
5,000 cavalry, and 30,000 infantry 1 A day com-
parable even to that in 1757, on the blood-
stained plain of Plessey ! It must also be
preserved in remembrance that upon the
eventful occasion referred to, while:the losses of
the Bellooches were enormous, amounting it was con-
ceived to not less than actually 6,000 men altogether,
there fell on our side 6 European officers killed and
14 wounded, with 60 sergeants and privates killed
and 200 wounded ! Therefore with 280 hors de
combat, "Thus," exclaimed Sir WILLIAM NAPIER
in recounting one of the most glorious among the
many glorious triumphs of his heroic brother, the
Conqueror of Scinde, and, what was more, its
successful Administrator, " thus in four hours
2,000 men struck down 6,000 ! Three to
each man ! " It was for miracles of
prowess like this that the booty won with
their good swords and purchased with their
hearts-blood was accorded by Royal warrant to be
distributed among the gallant officers and :pri-
vates—after the deduction of certain jewels for
the Ameers—by the East India Directors. Instead
of jewels, a sum of money making about 15,000/.
sterling, or 150,000 rupees, being paid over to the
Ameers of Scinde, the first distribution of the prize
money was made in 1848, while in 1849 came the
second and final distribution. Subsequently, in the
April of 1850, the East India Directors discovered
that the amount granted to the Ameers had never
been deducted from the aggregate of the prize fund,
and that thus, with another incidental omission,
there was a deficit of from 16,0001. to
17,000/. is the accounts of the Indian Government.
Remember—the blunder was entirely their own—the
army, of course, having no hand whatever in the
process of calculation. Yet what was the course de-
termined to be adopted in this matter by the munifi-
cent traders to:whose possessions the magnificent pro-
vince of Scinde had been added by such prodigies of
valour ? Why, they resolved upon reimbursing them-
selves for the error of their accountants by recovering
moneys to the tuna of from 16,000/. to 17,000/., by
deductions from the pay of those officers who un-
luckily happened to be within their reach! To say
the least of it, a somewhat unjust arrangement
—visiting the sins of the clerks upon the unoffending
heads of those who had had no other share in these
transactions than that of imperilling their lives upon
the field of battle. Acting upon this monstrous
determination the Directors made two successive
deductions of 333/. each from the pay accruing to Sir
CHARLES hi APIER in virtue of his office as Com-
mander in Chief of her MAJESTY'S and the Company's
Forces, a post to which he had been appointed by the
express command of the SOVEREIGN and by the
earnest entreaty of the Court of Directors themselves.
It was a graceful thought on the part of those Di-
rectors to deduct the paltry sums of 3331. from the pay
of that very eminent man who was, in regard to
the province of Scinde, both its Conqueror and its
first Administrator. Sir CHARLES, however, was
about the last man in the world to submit quietly to
treatment of this really shameless description. He
protested, and his protest was for the moment effec-
tual. The amount of 6661. was refunded—but after-
wards, on a little further reflection, the directors
withheld from the Commander-in-Chief, towards the
close of 1850, the whole of his pay for the month of
October, and a considerable part of that for the en-
suing month of November ! Upon the question of
the legality or illegality of these proceedings, was
pronounced within the last few days, in the Court
of Queen's Bench, by the Lord Chief Justice of
England, that extraordinary decision which altogether
exonerates the Directors of the East India Company
from blame, and virtually declares that there was no
legal obligation on the Directors to pay Sir CHARLES
IVAPIER any salary whatsoever in his late important
and responsible capacity as Commander-in -Chief of
the F orces in Hindostan !

A decision so remarkable of its kind commands
:he attention both of the country and the Legislature.
For it places the army in India upon a new footing
altogether, and reveals an extent of authority so very
singular and dangerous in its magnitude in the Board
of Directors in Leadenhall-street, as to jeopardize, if
tolerated much longer, the loyalty of the troops, and the
integrity of our oriental possessions. According to this
position of things, the Commander-in-Chief, at least,
is placed upon a level subordinate to that of any
other man wearing the QUEEN'S uniform. Why, a
drummer would stand a better chance of escaping
the danger of being thus victimized! Against the
decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, would seem
to speak very clearly a variety of rather autho-
ritative statutes. By the 531 Geo. 111., cap. 155,
it is enacted that " for and during the conti-
nuance of the possessions and Government of the
said territorial acquisitions and revenues in
the said united company, the rents, revenues, and
profits arising from the said territorial acquisitions,
after defraying the charges and expenses of collecting
the same, shall he applied and disposed of to and for
the uses and purposes hereinafter expressed, in the
following order of preference, and to or for no other
use or purpose or in'any other manner whatever, any
Act or Acts of Parliament now in force to the con-
trary notwithstanding : (that is to say) in the first
place in defraying all the charges and expenses of
raising and maintaining the forces, as well European
as Native, on the establishments in the East Indies
and parts aforesaid." Either, therefore, the Com-
mander-in-Chief cannot be considered as numbered
amongst the forces, or this statute gives the payment
of his salary precedence over the payment of all
other salaries. Again—by the 33d Geo. 111., cap. 52,
secs. 127 and 128, it is enacted that " the pay of the
QUEEN'S forces in India, issued by the Paymaster-
General, should be repaid by the Company, and that
h
, a
4,:eexpenses of the support and maintenance of the
d
troops should be borne and defrayed by the
th
t°t
P4n3t." Yet, the Lord Chief Justice has decided
this imposes no sort of obligation on the
than an
I Compa
ny, being, in fact, simply nothing more
the lan arrangement between the Company and
Pet ial Government ! Besides the enactments
already particularized,r there is the 3rd and 4th Wil-
liam
nr"
CapEurop 8:', 79, which declares that the
s' c'
return
f a Coramander-in-Chief should
be dacemed in law it, be
a resignation of his office, and
that
his salary should cease from the day of his de-
parture or resignation. If it be declared b a statute,
under particular ciream
cease
Itances to . y
, it ly
be supposed to have at A
must
some time commenced. Yet,sure
as
f
we have seen the actt, of
its commencement as an
" obligatory payment has been denied b the deci-
sion in the Coma-of Queen's Beech. y
Then there is
the Ist Viet., cap 47, sec. 3, Which empowers the
Court of Directors, tattn the consent of the Board of
Control, to withhold any. amount
of Pay in lieu of
that which might have
,becn improperly paid to
all
officers'abtent from their duty—in, obviously
enough that unless amhortsad by the expresspermisstan
.
of the Legislature the Board , 4of Directors are
power-
less to withold pay from their acers. a,
;ic‘allY—the
31 and 4th Vice, cap. 37, sec. 35, •prohibits any (la_
duction, other thantthe usual deductions, from the pay
India Corn of any officer or soldier of the East Company
forces without his consent being obtained. Than
dly by any Pon', these enactments none could assure