The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

N°. 21,782.

PUBLICATION

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
S ATURDAY STERNE

By J. E. READE, Esq.
"We cannot doubt that a book so original and so well
written will find a multitudeof readers. The; e is;cxtraordi-
miry force in the portraiture of the several personages."—
Daily News.

llurst and fllackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street,

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peze, the cleverness of his summersaults, so swift
and so perpendicular, or the perfect abandon which
marks ull his feats. The re-engagement of miss
vocalisation,
Russell, the prima donna, also afforded an oppor-
tunity of he
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r powerful and well cultivated
selection being most meritorious, as usual. What is
known as a " host of talent," contributed to promote
the harmony and hilarity of the evening. We may
take this opportunity of pointing out the special
capabilities of this hall and picture-gallery for fur-
thering a decision to which the management have
come to render them available for the purposes of
benefits to be held by philanthropic institutions
and other bodies. In the succession of halls
which really form the entire building
the most ample scope would be found for meetings
of the kind.

THE PRESENT DISTRESS TN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSS:MTH'S
"GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
'nye Cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex-
r.v.:riencod in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bllßi.
Ile,SB has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive.
intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grossmith's 'Government upon First Prin-
ciples."

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THE ARMY.

Inspector-General T. D. Hume, M.D., having
assumed the duties of principal medical officer at
Aldershot, has been taken on the strength of the

The 2d battalion of the 60th Rifle Regiment,
which arrived at Spithead from Hongkong in he
Flying Cloud sailing transport on Friday, di:km:-
barked from that ship on Saturday, and joined
headquarters at Portsmouth. The Flying Cloud
sailed from Spithead the same afternoon. The
troops reached Chatham garrison yestei day morn-
ing, having disembarked at Customhouse-quay,
Gravesend. The Flying Cloud sailed from Hong-
kong on the 29th of December last; arrived at the
Cape of Good hope on the 10th of February; aailed
thence ou the 13th of the same month ; reached St.
Helena on the 26th of February, and remained?
there until the Sth of March, and first sighted Start
Point on the 15th i❑st. The number of troops
brought Immo N,va ..11 )(mks, including
160 men of the 4th company of the 2d battalion
60th Rifles, 42 men of the Royal Artillery, 27 men
of the 31st Regiment, 9 men of the 44th Regiment,
4 men of the 99th Regiment, and 17 men of the
Army Hospital Corps, together with the following
officers—viz., Capt. H. P. Montgomery, Lieut. C.
Gosling, Lieut. A. Morris, and Assist.-Surg. J.
Doran, M.D., 60th Rifles ; Capt. J. W. Medhurst
and Ensign G. W, V. Catton, 99th Regfolent;
Lieut. J. G. Booth, Royal Engineers ; and St.afr
Surgeon Horton. During the passage, which occu-
pied, including detentions, 114 days, eight soldiers
and one seaman died on board. The 31st Regiment
and the 60th Rifles came from Tien-tsin to Hong-
kong, where they embarked. The 67th Regiment
embarked at Hongkong on board the Anchanco,
and was to sail for England on the same day as the
Flying Cloud.
In a memorandum, dated Portsmouth, 18th of
April, his Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief. after inspection of the garrisons of
Portsmouth and Gosport, expressed his entire
approbation of the state and efficiency of the troops
under the command of Major-General Lord William
Paulet.

The monster smooth-bore gun, weighing 22 tons,
at Portsmouth, known as the "Horsfall" gun, is
ordered to be delivered up to the Mersey Steel and
Iron Works Company for removal to Liverpool,
where it will undergo repairs to romedy the defect
existing in the chamber of the piece.

TEE CONDEMNED SCOTCH MUR-

DERESS.

In addition to the Dumfries and Maxwelltown
petitions to the Queen for a commutation of the
sentence passed upon Mary Timney, petitions have
been sent to her Majesty for the same purpose from
the Glenkens, the town of Kirkcudbright, and
other places. The female petition from Dumfries
and neighbourhood had 3,187 names attached to it;h
and the general petition bore 2,
petitions were sent off by the six o'clock
mail
Ewart'`
Thursday evening, and would reach Mr, in,
London address and be delivered next
n lor
country g
The hon. member hastened up
107 signatures. 101.
of
the petitions.
residence, near Devizes, to receive tHhhis
Unfortunately, Sir George Grey;
tAhinwick for the
Secre-
tary, has gone to his seat
Stewartry, Mr,
etitions, and th t
will not be prejudicial to the_derapti tth H a a 0 °me_
Easter holidays; but it is hopednea this circumstance
they will receive every
member for the \Vigtown
1 Mackie, and the
office. The member
are taking I burghs, Sir W. Dunbar, .
._ ian interest
in the movement on nenalf of the unhappy,
convict; and the position. of the latter gentle-
man as a Government official will give his influence
efoonr s i
the
additional weight. We learn that the convict is
health, and rather less
better in desponding in mind
than at the dato of previous accounts. The autho-
- titles here have, of course, hem under the necessity
of making arrangements for the execution ; and
Galcratt has been conditionally engaged to officiate
on the dread occasion. Mr. F. wart, iti a letter dated
London, April 18, received this morning, says :
‘,l called at as early an hour as 1 could, on the
Under Secretary, Mr. Waddington (iu bir George
Grey's i
''''lct,), this ITlOrDing• haVing come to IO'A II
last night. Mr. Waddington appointed a meeting at
2 o'clock at the Home-office. I met him there ac-
cordingly at that hour, and we had a long conver-
sation 011 Mary Timncy's case. I read him the
vtitions. Ho also had the confession, which was in-
deed already
.made public. I likewise read him
your manuscript view of the case. All the docu-
ments will, according to usage—indeed must—go
to the Lord Justice Clerk. lie will transmit his
opinions to Sir G. Grey ; and though Sir G. Grey
will be influenced of course he will not be bound
by them. I presented the two petitions from Dum-
fries, one from l irkeudbright, and one from Annan.
Another is come from Thornhill." Mr. Ewart adds
that he has written to Sir G. Grey. The idea of a
deputation to Sir G. Grey having been mooted, Mr.
Ewart highly approves of it._Lum/t`ies Standard,

I^l.S :PAPE R
ack Prince iron frigate will
hand for masting alongside PortsmoUth dockflif
to .day. •
In the drawings for the conversion of the ROLVaI
Sovereign at Portsmouth to a cupola, or\skielsl-Skipit
provision has been made to provide -
powerful "beak" below the water line, so that
may at any time be used as a " ram," in addition
to her effective artillery power.
The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. 11. A. Powell,
C. 8., in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth, on the water
being pumped out of the dock, into which she was
hauled on Friday last, has been found to have an
excessively foul bottom. This will now ba
thoroughly cleansed and coated with a preservative
composition, The defects spec;fied arc not numer-
ous, but they will increase in number it all appa-
rently requisite alterations and repairs are executed
while the ship is iii ;he hands of the dockyard offi-
cials. The popular belief is that she is so divided
and protected by water-tfier..4. compartments that
iu
the event of her bow or stern, ilk.' parts unprotected
by armour-plating, .being partiall.;• destroyed. by
an enemy's shot, she would still float and fight her
guns nearly as efficiently as she did beforc her bow
or stern was injured. So far, however, is thi,3 from
being actually the case, the probability is that she
would go down from beneath the feet of her officers
and crew, her so-called water-tight compartments,
as at present fitted, being quite useless in prevent-
ing water fr6.'ll either end reaching the midship
part of the vessel below.
The Victor Emmanuel, 91, screw, Capt. Clifford,
C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
the Mediterranean, having sailed from Malta ou 14th
of March, and Gibraltar on the sth inst. On enter-
ing the anchorage the ship exchanged the cus-
tomary
Admiral
salutes
commanding wi th
the
at
theVi port.ctor A number ofy flagship of the
naval and military invalids, from slips and regi-
ments stationed in the Mediterranean, have arrived
in the Victor Emmanuel, and were landet! from her
by Government steamers yesterday.
The bottow of the-large iron floating fire mirePortsmouth-has—lieen coated, in sections, with
the compositions of four different seeliiOns, with
the comparatiYe value of each in preserving and
keeping clean the bottoms ofironyesselasr.e—T).hie
names of the competh,',7 manufacturers
Guibert, of Paris; Messrs. M`Crea, of Liverpool
the Dublin Sftm Packet Company; and Mr. ,Httry
the Admiralty chymist at Portsmouo.
The Adelaide steam transport sailed fom Ports.-
mouth on Saturday for the Thames, after clearing
out stores, and being paid off from the Government
service. t 4:;:t ;1:
By Electric and International Telegraph from.
Plymouth, Monday, 10p.m., we learn that the ship
Newcastle, 1,137 tons, Capt. C. Wiltshire, belong-
ing to Messrs. R. Green and Co., London, from Cal-
cutta, with a cargo of rice, indigo, Assam tea, and
wine, has passed up Channel. She brings 228 pas-
sengers, including Capt. Farrington, 51st Regiment;
Lieut. Ford, Royal Horse Artillery ; Lieut. Des-
borough, 27th; Staff-Surg. Meane, and 183 invalid
soldiers, 31 women, and 41 children. The New-
castle spoke, Feb. 28, in lat, 35 16 S, long 19 54 E,
the Swedish bark Prince Oscar ; April 12, an out-
ward bound British ship of war, steering to the
eastward ; and April 13, lat 34 33 N, long 37 33 W,
the ship Crystal Palace. The Homesdale and the
screw steamer Lady Jocelyn arrived at St. Helena
March 16, the day the Newcastle left that island.

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