The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-10 00:00:00

DEPOTS IN INDIA.

Mr. S. ESTCObRT complained of the statement which
had been made by the Government in reference to this
subject the other evating,
Sir C, WOOD said that the estimate in regard to the
vote for the Indian service would..l.le the same as last year, and
repeated the explanation which he 12ad given on a plevious
evening in reference to the vote in question.
t-ANDHURST COLLEGEo
Mr. SELWYN said that he felt bound to draw the at-
tention of the house to what he considered a breach of
faith on the part of Government in respect to Sa.ndirarst
College, and entered into certain details in support of hill
position.
Sir U. C. LEWIS said he trusted that the house wouldl
not come to a conclusion on this particular subject until
they had heard from him the explanation which he pro-
posed shortly to submit to hon. members.
After some remarks from hon. members,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government was
entirely free from any reproach in regard
They had entered into a contract, and bound t 9 carry
to this matter.
out the terms of that contract.

After some further discussiosn, the house divided on tho
question that the vote for Sandhurst College should be com-
mitted on Thursday next.
For the recommittal
Against
Majority .. —3B
[LEFT SITTING.]

SUGAR AND MOLASSES.—A return shows that
for the year ending Sept. 30, 1861, there were used in the
brewing of beer 83,618 cwt. sugar; and in the distillation
of spirits, 6,906 cwt. sugar and 227,619 cwt. molasses.
MALT BONDED.---A return to the House of Com—
mons shows that in the year ending the 30th Sept., 1861,
the number of bushels of malt made in bond for distillation
was 3,000,449; made in bond for exportation, 214,438;
allowed a drawback of duty for exportion, 147,110. There
is no drawback of duty allowed on malt used fer distil-

lation.
FATAL olliPwitEcK.—On Friday morning the brig
Harmony, Captain Key, was wrecked off the port of Har-
rington,on the Cumberland coast, and all hands were lost..
The Harmony left Harrington on Thursday night with a
cargo of coals for Ireland, with the following crew on board
—T captain, John Key ; the mate, William Garret ; two,scamheen
named Hetherington and Kennish ; and two ap-
prentices. The night was wild, snow and rain driving from
S.S.W. Next morning the brig was found strandcc on the
rocks about a mile from Harrizigton. How she came there
must for ever be a matter of speculation, as none of the crew
were left to tell the tale. It is probable that either the cap-
tain had kept too closely in to the shore, and thus struck
accidentally, or that the vessel had sprung a leak and was
purposely stranded to save the lives of the crew. All the
six bodies were washed ashore.

BURNS'S PITNCH-BOWL.—We have seen this cup
thus reverently used by the sons of Burns ; by the poet of
" The Pleasures of Hope," by the " Ettrick Shepherd,"
and by Allan Cunningham, mason poet ; by peers and
commoners ; by painters, sculptors, and engravers ; by
men born to eminence, and by men who attained eminence
for themselves. We were present, too, when—sad
words to write—it was last used. Since then (0 wsefu'
day !) it has remained dry, and dry it must, unhappll3:,
remain. Never more to haggis• and haddock-fed recipi-
ents of these and other creature-comforts of this earth
will that silver-rimmed bowl of Inverary marble diffuse a
fragrant steam of Scotland's drink ; of whisky cautTusly
mixed with scalding Tweed or Thames, and cunningly
flavoured with thirst-provoking sugar, and like cunningly
intermingled with thirst-allaying lemon. Its history is
remarkable, its destiny suggestive. The punch-bowl of
" Robert Burns, Poet" (for O h
self), is now, by the bequest
ties of the British Mwain. We scarcely think it retains
the perfume of the liquorand the. lemons with which it
reeked and was so long imbued, as its fellow curiosity in the
oa f I laesti one to
ofdescribe
the
curiosi-
ties him.
self), loved,
same receptacle of rarities—the sarcophagus of Alexander
the Great—retams to this day (so antiquaries allege) the
balsams and preservatives of the apothecaries of Macedon.
—Once a Week.