The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1865.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW
(SATURDAY).—PROMENADE AFTERNOON.—The
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE by the WIZARD of the
N( RTH and Miis ANDERSON will be repeated for the last
Saturday, including also the ROPE-TYING TRICK.
Admission, Half-a-Crown ; or by Season Tickets, free ;
Reserved Seats, Half-a-Crown and One Shilling.
NOTE.—Th s wi 1 be the last Saturday the Wizard's per-
formano, s can be given, as the Saturday Concerts recom-
mence on the 4th February.

AfR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
1. JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; to cone ude with zt. ROSELE
AT THE SEA-SiOE.and By. Mr. John Parry.Mlt Every Evening
(except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
-ROYAL GALLERY Or ILLUSTRA TION, 14. Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, ls., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUE ,DAY and T HURSDAY, at Three.

H E 0 XFOR D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Comuany (limited).
ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comigue), is achieving- an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : "San,* of Bceotia ;" "The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and horus ; tne side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; at, d final Minuk t
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
L ascetics.
Also, M ASANIEL LO, in which Mons. L AVESSIERE, the
successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will
make his appearance.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIIILION, and all the pro-
curable Talent of-the day.

CANTERBURY HALL.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
HODGE PODGE,
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the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don (incliding the whole strength of the establishment),
every evening at half-past Nine o'clock.
The usual Operatic Selections by Misses Russell, Barrie,
Hays, Godden, Sic. ; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, &c.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Mande,. Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'.
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.
Operatic Selections, Arc. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON.
The Comic strength of the Comnany includes ANNIE
ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO.
LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and
Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian
Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first appearance in England.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, is.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GitE VILLE.

ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
Mestablished 29 years at the Bazaar.,Baker-street.
NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL
of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, on Boxini Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other
days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 ill 10.
Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England,
Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of
Dance Mut ie.
Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Admission, One Shilling.
Manager, M. G REN ET.

CITY SHOW-ROOMS
FOR
GLASS AND CHINA,
117, HOUNDSDITCH.

REFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS,
Cut and Engraved, of the choicest designs.

REFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT,
and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns.

REFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS
and Flower Vases for the present seAson.

DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELTERS
for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver.

DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS'
fn ory.to, for the Drawing-room. for Gas or Candles,

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nEFRIES and SONS' CIIANDELTERS,
25 in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for
India.
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DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS
in Lamps for India.

DEFRIES Cry SO
WALL LIGHT
Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered).

DE
FRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB
Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass,

fEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS
with Pattern Books and Special Designs.

DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five
to • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory.
They have now on show the largest assortment in the world
of the above goods of their cwn manufacture.
MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS,
147, Houndsditch.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKTN.-
MOLLA.RD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and
Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry.
Nothing' equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No.
I for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases
of cutaneous affections or rheumatism.
Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the

hair.
Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable
odour.
All these preparations may be had at the central depot,
221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newband
erg
and Sons, Barclay and Sons.
Edwards, Keating, Sanger
Son, ozeaunettf, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi-
monials tree on a plication.
Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John DrKay, chemist, 119,
George-street

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 4550 f FUNDS poor,
andfriendless,roo m femalesroom, making
a
been sent away in flue years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases : total woefr e
vr rejected cwt ehdoirom
want have
F. V., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aced 13, homeles-, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
8. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, hrmeless, deserted by her parents.
M. H.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W. aged 17. fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
oung girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen •street, Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

The Permissive Bill

On the 18th inst. Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., received at
Leicester a deputation from those of his constituents who

are in favour of the Permissive Bill in order to discuss this

important question.
After hearing the statements of the deputation, Mr.
TAYLOR said he .had no desire to be reticent in any degree.
The position he had the honour to hold as their represen-
tative he Valued only as the expression of their willingness
to support him after the most frank expression of his views
on any subject whatever. He desired to express his respect
for the principles and motives of those who took up the
agitation in the country. He could not conceive, and did
not believe that they bad or could have any object but a
high-minded and philanthropic one. If he opposed it he
did so because of his diversity of opinion and on no other
ground ; and as he claimed for himself the right to act on
his own opinion, he trusted he was perfectly willing to
tolerate all those who acted in the same way. The whole
question between them was whether a man should be
permifted to take fermented or distilled liquors, or not.
That was a matter between a man and his sense or con-
science. No State had the power to arrogate to itself the
right of saying what a man should do in that respect.
He (Mr. Taylor) conceived that was distinctly an individual
matter—every individual had a perfect right to eat what
he liked, to drink what he liked, and to clothe himself
wherewithal- he pleased. That was the broad principle upon
which he opposed the bill. He did not think it necessary to
enter into the question of whether all liquors were conceived
to be poison. He held a different opinion to a great number
of teetotallers on that question. He confeSsedthat if he could
be convinced that all fermented liqUors' stootl in the- nine
category physically and chemically as strychnine and ar-
senic, he would join in forbidding it. If the manner in
which the traffic was carried on damaged the country at
large, let it be changed ; but how it should be carried on
was a matter of policy and not a question of principle. A
friend of his, one of the truest thinkers and most honest
politicians of the day—Professor Newman—had made some
remarks to this effect ; that he did not expect if such a bill
(the Permissive Bill) were carried that it would stop all
drinking; there would be habitual drinkers, no doubt, who
must be allowed to get drink, but not in the existing mode ;
and that mode being done away with a less injurious one
would be discovered. That mode of legislation did not ac-
cord with his (Mr. Taylor's) views. He conceived the pro-
per way would be to get a better mode first, before the pre-
sent one was done away with. He admitted that the amount
of drinking was injurious to an unhappy extent ; he ad-
mitted that the traffic was a dangerous one, and beyond all
others required watching and care in its modification ; but
he would not pledge himself to say whether the present was
the best mode—or, if they liked, the least injurious—in
which the traffic could be conducted; but he would pledge
himself that if any other scheme were proposed he would
consider, to the best of his ability, whether it was a less inju-
rious mode than the present one. He was entirely opposed to
the present system of licensing—(hear)—it was utterly inde-
fensible on any principle whatever, and if for no other rea-

son it was so from the utter impossibility of the magistrates
to decide what was necessary to the public requirements.
He had not the least objection on principle to any limita-
tion of the number of people who sold liquors ; but he took
his stand upon what he considered to be the right of every
Englishman to judge for himself, whether in the majority
or in the minority, what he should drink; and if the State
were to step in and prevent all ordinary commerce in the
matters which he desired to be brought to him, the State
did an act of tyranny—nor did it tend to the benefit of the
country. There were certain times in the life cf a nation
when all ideas of constitutional right appeared to sinkbefore
the presence of a crushing and gigantic evil. If, for in-
stance, as they said, England was now suffering from an
increasing amount of drunkenness,which was getting worse
and worse,the question presented itself whether they should
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be considered,
be ruined by
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and he appealed to them as moderate men whether the
reverse of that was not the case—whether with the gradual
increase of education and with the spread amongst the
people of the facilities for higher and better means of ex-
citement and stimulus than those lowest ones of the senses,
the evil of drunkenness was not decreasing. The present
state of the people in this particular, he contended, con-
trasted markedly and satisfactorily with their condition
and habits a century ago, when it was considered the
proper thing after dinner to lock the door and see half the
guests, if not all, under the table. He also alluded to the
vast improvement in this direction during the last thirty
or forty years, in a small town in Essex, where he car-
ried on a business. Therefore, he argued, it was not a
fact that the intelligence of the people was not answering
to the improvedand higher opportunities which were given
to them ; and consequently he submitted there was no case
made out for violating all the ordinary rules of constitu-
tionalism. It did seem to him that the proper mode for
raising and improving the people and eradicating the desire
for the lowest,modes of stimulus and excitement was to
produce, and reproduce, and increase, and bring within, as
far as possible, the grasp of the working classes, intellec-
tual amusement and recreation, and all other kinds of in-
nocent stimulus.
A conversation ensued, in the course of which the Rev.
Mr. TOWNSEND said he should like to know whether Mr.
Taylor was prepared to vote for the second reading of Mr.
Lawson's bill next session ?
Mr. TAYLOR replied that his friend was looking for a
miraculous case of conversion, which really had not occurred.
Mr. Taylor also said that he was not prepared to submit or
suggest anymeasure; but if in a neighbourhood where there
were 20 public houses one would practically provide that
any who persisted to drink should not be without when he
wished it, that would come within his principle.
Mr. MART—If you admit the right of the people to limit,
have they not an equal right to prohibit ?
Mr. TA-mos—Upon that point we come most satisfacto-
rily to an issue. I think they have a right to do one, and
clearly no right to do the other.
A resolutionwas then proposed by Mr. HOWELL, seconded
by Mr. Coos, and carried by acclamation ;--4, That the best
thanks of the deputation should be given to Mr. Taylor for
the courteous and gentlemanly manner in which he had
received them."
It was strongly stated by several of the deputation that
the teetotallers would support the election of Mr. Taylor,
and not divide the liberal party.

DOUBLE SCREWS.—The double or twin screw
principle reached its present maximum stage of de-
velopme4t in England on Wednesday in the trial trip of
the iron double screw steamship Louisa Ann Fanny down
the Thames between Gravesend and the Maplin Sands.
The vessel has a builders' measurement of 972 tons. Her
length between perpendiculars is 250 ft. with a beam of 28ft.
and a moulded depth of 15ft. 6in. Iler machinery consists
of two pairs of horizontal direct acting engines,with cylin-
ders of 40in. diameter and 22iin. stroke, driving two three-
bladed screws of 9ft. 2in. diameter and a pitch of 17ft. 3in.,
the distance from centre to centre of the screws being 10ft.
10in. Steam is supplied by two boilers, firing from for-
ward and aft, the furnaces having 245 ft. of bar surface.
The engine room is fitted with the most modern improve-
ments in its means of communication with the captain or
officer in charge on deck, and the engines are amply pro-
tected by the arrangements of the coal bunkers from shot
if the ship in her future career should ever come within
range of hostile guns. The Louisa Ann Fanny has been
built for purely commercial purposes, but as she may not
improbably some day cross
is Wilmington bar, this protec-
tion afforded to her machinery a necessary precaution.
The vessel started on her trial trip at about 15 minutes past
drawing 9ft. 9in. of
nwoaotenryaefst,tearndday from
8,
ft.9ino. fffo Gravesend,
rward,be being
at the draught of
water she would float at with a full cargo of cotton and her
complement of fuel if leaving Charleston or Wilmington.
The wind was north-easterly at about the strength of 3 at
starting, birt'freshened very considerably as the mouth of
the Thamesof
t aoteopened
the
below
ethe the h
and
thence
approached the dreary
waste
eship approached
lightship. The run from
Gravesend to the Mouse light ves-
w ico andr
ves-
sels was accomplished in the most satisfactory manner, the
engines working perfectly and without a hitch of any kind
occurring, and the ship going evidently at the rate of speed
that had never been equalled
.before, even by any sister
twin screw. The ship maintained her great rate of speed
down to the extent of her course, and the distance between
the Nore and the Mouse lightships was accomplished in
21min. 38sec., equivalent to a
.rate of speed for the ship of
171 knots. The tide was ring in favour of the ship at
about two knots, and, allowing for this rate of tide, the true
speed of the ship would therefore? be, as nearly as could be
definitely arrived at, in knots. The speed of the ship on
a straight course having been ascertained, she was next
tried in making circles, with the following results :—From
a state of rest with the engines they were set to work in
opposite directions, with the helm hard over to starboard,
and two consecutive circles made, the ship turning liter-
rally on her centre, in 4min. 11sec. and sinin. 16sec. With
the rudder fixed amidships, and the engines reversed in
their motions as before, the circle was made in 6min.
40sec., the diameter of the circle made being, as previously,
very nearly, if not quite, within the ship's length. The
average revolutions of the engines since leaving Tilbury
had been 113, the pressure of steam 321 b., and the vacuum
26in. In running past the measured mile on the Maplin
Sands the time was 3min. 30sec., the tide being, according
to the pilot's account (Mr. T. Leigh) about two knots in
favour of the ship, but a stiff breeze, about 5 in strength,
blowing against her. The indicated horse-power of
the ship's engines, as given by the cards, was 1,650.
The Louisa Ann Fanny returned to Gravesend, after
completing her trial run between the sore and Mouse light-
ships, in time to allow the party on board to reach London
by the 6 p.m. train, after making one of the most successful
trip* of any aporimoutal yowl under steam.

INDIA

The following items of news are taken from the
summary contained in the overland edition of the
Englishman:—
We are in receipt of no additional news from
England since the departure of the. out-going mail,
via Bombay, on the 21st inst. The steamer, with
the mails and passengers from London to the 26th
of November, is now overdue at Galle inwards, and
we are in hourly expectation of receiving telegraphic
intelligence of her arrival there. Our latest dates
from London are, therefore, still to the 27th of
November.

The. Bombay mail having left this only two days
ago, there is little alteration to report. The Bank
of Bengal made no change in their rates •yesterday,
although the Bazaar rates are rather higher. But
the bank's reserve is still large, although there are
symptoms of an increasing demand. Exchange
remains the same and all shares are dull. Govern-
ment securities also remain in small demand.

A letter from Titalya informs us that the fort
of Dewangiri, about which so much was said, was
taken by Captain Macdonald and a few Bengal
policemen the day before General Mulcaster and his
column arrived there.
The news from Nepaul portends a civil war, unless
Maharajah Jung Bahadoor has taken his measures
with great foresight. There appears to have been
some intrigue afoot for placing the heir apparent on
the throne, and it is with this object that the Rajah
has been inveigled into visiting the Teraee. The
Sirdars of Nepaul, holvever, do not all view this
scheme with favour, and some resistance is pre-
paring.
We understand that the question of waste lands
in British Burmah is attracting the attention of the
Government of India. Recently, upon an applica-
tion from a Mr. Macdonald for a grant of land in
the Martaban district, in which that gentleman had
discovered a kind of lead, the Viceroy decided upon
permitting him to have the land on condition that
he paid a moderate rent after a certain term of
years, as well as a royalty on the out-turn of the
mines from the commencement of the working. In
the case of waste lands in Arracan, his Excellency
has also determined to leave to capitalists the option
either of buying waste lands set up for sale at the
published rate and under the recent rules, or of pay-
ing a small annual revenue after a fixed number of
years on the principle of the old rules.
Two batteries Armstrong 9-pounder guns have
just arrived here from England, and it turns
out that, although they have never left the Presi-
dency, the carriages are utterly useless and unser-
viceable, and have been condemned. The Govern-
ment has ordered a strong Artillery Committee,
including Colonels Voyle and Maxwell of the Gun-
powder Agency and the Cossipore Foundry, to
assemble and report minutely on those gun car-
riages ; and has ordered that new carriages be made
at once for the Armstrong guns at Futteghur.
English made gun carriages are, we believe, next
to useless for the rough uses of war in this country
and climate, as was seen in the mutiny campaigns,
when the carriages of the batteries which came out
direct from England soon became shaky and unser-
viceable.
At Allahabad on the Bth the station was enor-
mously crowded with troops passing through—the
BaSrs on the march to Mutta ; her Majesty's 55th
Regiment going from the Presidency to Lucknow ;
four companies, her Majesty's 80th, proceeding to
Darjeeling ; the headquarters and wing of the 36th
Native Infantry coming down to Barrackpore ;
Sladen's Battery of Royal Horse Artillery on its
way down to Synthia, the Presidency, and Eng-
land ; and last, and most serious, a vast standing
camp full of time-expired men, coming down to the
Presidency to quit the country and the service.
A correspondent gives an example of the actual
working of the Medical W;rrant, showing the case
of an assistant-surgeon in charge of a battery of
artillery who received only Rs. 317-8 instead of, as
under the old scale, Rs. 599-10 monthly. The dif-
ference is so monstrous that there can be no doubt
of the error being corrected, but it ought to be done
without delay. •
A reward of a thousand rupees has been offered
for information which may lead to the detection of
the persons implicated in the murder in a carriage
on the East India Railway a few days ago. It ap-
pears that the murdered man was a native of the
Upper Provinces, and Gomashta to an Up-country
Muhajun residing in Burdwan. He left Howrah by
the morning up-train of the 18th inst., in an inter-
mediate carriage, bound, it is supposed, for Benares.
He had with him a bag containing 1,100 rupees and
a few pieces of new clothes. It is evident that the
bag of money was the motive for the murder.
From Affghanistan the accounts received grow
more and more unfavourable. The Madras Athe-
Imam says :—" The sirdars hostile to the ameer are
making head against him, and the Russian troops,
which have nearly reached Bokhara, with the con-
sent of the king, are likely to bear their part in the
struggle on which the son of Ufzul Khan is about
to enter, with the king's assistance, in revenge of
the ameer's treachery towards his father. The
ameer seems to have acted imprudently in with-
drawing his army from Toorkistan, where its pre-
sence and his own is so much needed, and leaving
domestic disaffection as well as foreign enmity in
his rear. He is now going to engage in a new
campaign against his revolted lieutenant at
Candahar, and his numerous foes will doubt-
less use the opportunity afforded to them by his
absence in that direction. It is hard to say what
the issue of the approaching intestine strife may
be, but the prospects of Shere Singh are far from
promising ; and although the British Government
have no reason to feel anxious on his personal behalf,
they cannot look on as uninterested spectators when
Affghanistan and Central Asia are convulsed, espe-
cially as Russia and Persia are for their own purpose
likely to mix themselves up in the ameer's quarrels.
There is no present demand for British intervention,
and none, we trust, will arise, but nobody can tell
what contingenciesmay happen to call our troops into
the field for the protection of the British frontier."
In its issue of Dec. 22 the Hurkaru,writing of the
markets, says :—" The week indicates a gradual ten-
dency to enlarged employment for money. Our piece
goods market takes off its quota ; the demand for the
provinces is steadily enlarging. Cotton andrice pros-
pects are good. We have at hand the means of en-
largedtrade. Resources arelarge ; a healthy enhance-
ment in the rates of accommodation is probable, is
inevitable on renewed commercial vitality. At pre-
sent there has been no change made in the rates of
interest and discount by the Bank of Bengal. The
course adopted by the direction has been well con-
sidered, has been wisely chosen. Ancther 1 per cent.
might have been added. A timely check may be at
times essential. Too early a check on a young re-
action in a market may stifle energy. There has
been no return to extreme speculation, or any other
feature to render higher rates necessary at present.
For a time our European supplies of capital have
been curtailed, but the cheapening rate at home
will soon redress this. The reduced state of the
Government cash balances is at this time a source of
some attention. We know that Indian financial
authorities have pronounced twelve millions
as a perfectly safe working balance in ordinary times.
The home treasury has evidently steadily worked up
to this idea in continued home drawings. It may
be well to look a little ahead, for we are within the
limits of " safe working," as laid down by an autho-
rity which both the Hon. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Laing
were not disposed to regard as by any
means infal-
lible. His Excellency the Viceroy has openly
alluded to the subject on a recent deputation
to
him, and it is evident from what passed on
occa-
sion that the position of the Government cash ba-
the
lances has reached the limit of safe reduction. Coon
ton piece goods have continued to improve in post
during the week. Dealerw have at lerfel cora-