The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-04 00:00:00

SUGAR

WHEAT .. .•• -
PEAS -•-- -

Tens. A hen to be de'ivered.
100 Half of each in two weeks, and
Quarters. the remainder in two weeks
3,000 afterwards, or earlier it pre-
-5 0 1 ierrecloy the party tendering.

^ heir Lord.hipa reserve to themselves the power, e hen t e ten.
dens ale open d, of contracting either for the whole, or for such
part thereot only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or
uf not contracting for any; and a so an unlimited power of select n.
The Sugar to be exempted from the t ustoms Duties, and parties
tendering are tom ate where it is lying.
A oroportionai .part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be pa d
for any weight exceeding 60 lbs per bushel.
No tender will be received for a le 4- quantity of Sugar :han 20
tons; of Wheat thin 5110 qiiartei s. and of Peas than 100 quarters ; and
every lender In-st specify in words, as well as in figures, the prices
at which the art eta may be off:red

samples of the Swear (not less than 21bs.), and of the Wheat and
Peas (w,t less than 2 quarts of each, must be produced by the p,irties
tendering.

The samplei produced by persons whose tendes are not accepted
are requested to be Liken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts h ere been decided.

No tender will be received unlesa made on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said Office, or to t onimander Bt-VlB, conducting the Packet - ervice
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs a, ttristol.

The conditions of the revised eomtract. to which.particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the sail office, and at Liverpool a .d
Bristol. No tender will be received alter One o'clock on trio day of
treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an
agent on 1113 behalf, s ould attend at the office on the day of con-
tract, a the resu•t of the offer received from each person will be
commun•cated to him in writing.
Every tender must be add/ eased to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and hear in the left-hand corner ihe words "Tender for ,"
.ind must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

AVESEND STAR
PACKETS.
other Packets call at the Grein inithe, and rurfleet Piers.

NOTICE. -D tY TP'KET, are I,:sued upon the Gravesend Star
Packet., available for return by them .r by the Lon !on and Tilbury•
ttsi,way; th, Return Tickets by the Rai way wid also be available
for return by the Stu' Packets.
t'he rackets all ter rid, as underlined (WI
FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVE,

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RF BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the foi-
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ro or from Gravesend and ~ondon •• •• •Fore Cabin. Saloon.• 10d. .. Is. 2d.
Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. • Os. 10d.
Between 44ravesemi and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. ..
Os. Bd.
BOAT TICKMTS.--'rwolve Months, 5 .0.., Six Months, 31. Os.;
Three Months, 2 . Os.; to he had of the Collectors on board the
Packets; or of Nil.. Monk. Terrace Pier. Gravesend.
Fast and superior Packets to be Let for Fxeurslons. Apply to
Mr. W. Morgan, Acent, star Company, Star Office, Fenchurch-
street Terminu,, Blackwall Railway.
July 24. W 4

SPORTSMEN and OTHERS.—For the Twelfth
of August, the commencement of he Grouse Shooing Season,
E. MO ,E; and SON have introduced the greatest variety of novel-
ties in the aeneral equipment of purtsmen. The materials for Dress
and the style in whicn it is cut and fnished, warrants every sports
man to cAlculate on a vast addition to his comfort which Is condu-
cive to success With Attire Improperly mad the vexation of the
sportsman is 'luau essible, productions E
but with the artistic
MOSES ant Sox ease and grace constitute• the true element or enjoy •
merit. I.,se gentlem,n who weer -their Sporing Dress to mea-
sure are reminded that the largest stock of materials may he selected
from at E. MOSES and Sox's EstAlishment, or at their Wes, -End
Branch. The despatch and economy maniftsted in all commands
cannot be equslled by any bouts i I the world. E. MOSES and SON
invite attention to sty elal arrangements for the enjoyment of all
classes of sportsmen in the most comnlete and unparadeled mariner.
New Style- in Rats and Caps, Hosiery of the most fashi amble anti
com ortahle kind, B ots and ,zhoes or an easy, elegant, and service-
able ch ,racier, and every article oh rged the lowe,t possible manu-
facturing pr ces.

The dress of the tourt-t manafactured by E. MOSES and • oN excels
it, elegance an I suitab'y; is adapted for the most fashionable pro-
mEmad,-s, or for tr,tvel ing by spa or land.
The tourist's hat, introdtred by E. MOSES and SON, is the most
de.irable additi ,n ,ver made to the travellers equipment.
For Ladies, Gentlemen. Youths and Children, the elegancies of
Dress, IlatN, Caps. w.th ever, desc•iption of Hosiery goods for the
sultry season, are prepared by Moans and •ON in the most mag-
nificent variety, the most superior quality, and th, most economical
prices.

_
E. Mosts and Sores wt•olesdle branch displays the most gigantic ,
stock of re idy-made clothing, shirts, Boots and Shoes, &c., so ar•
ranged that merchants, Captains, and Emigrants may select without
Ur's of time to any amount, and may justly calculate on the largest
profits and the most speedy sale in any part of the world.
Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-
sag information, grate on application, or post free.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SUN ret.t,et•navim; to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the u-aradesman-like
falwit od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or '. It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, an. for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OS OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 134, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 607, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all commuleating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Fargate.
Colonialshellid
e nil' rhaonl ec sha I. e36lßranch, Melbourne, Australia,
Merchant rano. v Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
markedmaindep.lain figures, the lowest
price, from which 't
abatementr ec
can i.)e
without hesitatl
hen hitginesQ is resumed till 12 o'clock.
The Establishments are closed from sense • on Fridays to sunset
on .
no All gos
on -iatnninYs.w• ' •
Opi-
nion," containing full lists of prices, our system el self-measure- 1
A nowi;ooli, with illustratons, untitieff " Thc• Echo 4 PiAlir.
ment, &c,
&c., may be had on application, or post-free. •
Ici I'on parle Francais. Qat si Darla Italian°.
sex FO w
OS Pi* WA4I4 Als luablo Zipsno. .

No more painful task can possibly fall to the lot of a
public man than such as was undertaken by Sir John
Pakington in the case of Mr. Lawley ; and we think
that even the warmest personal friends of that gentleman
will admit that the invidious duty of public prosecutor
was never discharged with more generosity, more can-
dour, and more gentleness than by the late Colonial Se-
cretary in the debate of last night. It is not easy to find
p ilitical men with moral courage and sense of right
enough at once to question and attack improper appoint-
ments on personal grounds, and to extinguish them be-
fore they explode into public damage and disgrace. Sir
John Pakington has undoubtedly rendered a true
service to the country by meeting a demand of this
nature, and saving the home Government from the
ill-feeling, the scandal, and odium which must have
been created in South Australia by a nomination in
. .

every respect so ill-advised and improper as that of the
unfortunate subject of last night's discussion, to the
highest post in one of our most important colo-
nies. We have no wish to add to the pain of Mr. Law-
ley's friends, or to the severity of his punishment, by
dwelling upon the errors to which he has pleaded guilty.
So far as his misconduct is concerned, he bears its full
penalty in lying under the broad sentence of public opi-
nion, and we are quite ready to share in the regret of his
patrons that merits, of which they thought so highly,
should have been obscured by a certain weakness of
moral perception, and to hope that he may retrieve his
character and shape his career anew in some other sphere
than that of official employment. But we are not dis-
posed to deal so lightly with those who have been the
most grave offenders in this business. We may pity
and pass in silence, if we cannot excuse, the fault
of a beginner in political life whose first steps have
precipitated him to a downfall, and deprived him
of all opportunity of further mischief ; but we dO
not extend the same forbearance to a statesman, not
young in affairs, nor new to responsibility, not un-
touched by experience in the consequences of error
or rashness in the dispensation of patronage. Of all
m the Duke of Newcastle should _have learned, by this
tone, the danger that he was incurring and the wrong
that he did, in filling up so high an appointment—one at
this moment of such peculiar exigencies—as that of the
Governor of South Australia, un no better grounds, and
with no stronger warrant, than could be adduced to saric-

tion the reconitnendation 'of Mr. Lawley to the Queen.
It cannot he forgotten how very recently the same Mini-
ster exposed himself, by a somewhat similar shortcoming
in duty, to the strong condemnation of a committee of
the House of Commons ; and it is difficult to conceive
how, with that well-merited sentence standing freshly in
public opinion against him, he should have plunged so
immediately into a repetition of the offence We charge
the Duke of Newcastle expressly and especially with the
responsibility of this appointment, and with all the scan-
dal and disgrace of its results ; because it was on him
that the duty of selection and scrutiny rested before pro-
ceeding to the point at which Sir Geo. Grey found the
engagetnent to Mr. Lawley. It is quite clear that the
present Colonial Secretary was fully justified in as-
surn.ng that his predecessor had done his duty, and, in
fact, it does not seem that, under all the circumstances,
;ie could wed refuse to endorse the act of the Duke of
Newcastle. There is no force in any of the representa-
tions which were set up last night in defence of the Go-
vernment. It is not a aefence to say that the Autho-
rities responsible for the appointment of a Governor of
South Australia were ignorant of the peculiar unfitness
of the
not
t, ?eber si
go
nn whom
ranti theyn
such
a m selected.atter ; 'La
and,
d ,w
badas
ou
nt ye
that duty—had they shown only decent vigilance in
their business, and fair justice to the colony—it was
einalrpsoosisiwblheatthat wassotnailektehdingofshloouudldlyncoistehwahveerretcthheadt their
should not have learned enough of what was familiar to
others to make them pause if they meant honestly
by the country. We believe that public opinion will
beat no loss on whom to fix the chief blame in this most
unhappy transaction, and we conceive that such a
fresh and glaring evidence of indiscretion or incapacity
will not tend to lessen the surprise which has be-n cre-
ated by the position lately assigned to the Duke of New-
castle, and by the Cabinet arrangements, made
unhaap-
parentlyppy eexppisroedsselyof Mr.for his
Lawley's appointment and advantage and elevation. The
dis-
grace is not of a nature to create confidence in the quali-
fications of the War Minister for an office peculiarly de-
possessor.
censure We wish sincerely that our
manding judgment, discriminationu,raenmd
iafihrtmnsteosps
herein it
s;
wounding the anc
but it is imposs,ihble toellsotrrikofeththeeEWxchareqllei
ny sympathy
between the other counselled. There is an unhap y
rn.isteNrywhaitthhonuet
between them in the matter of patronage. Both seemled
to have a disastrous obliquity of vision, which has t
them to overlook honest and fit men in order to appoint
to places of trust, emolument, and dignity, persons whose
habits will not bear the light, and whose doings bring
ruin on themselves, scandal to the public service, and
disgrace to their patrons. Among all the names con-
cerned in this ugly story, we repeat that the one to whom
honour and credit are alone due is that of Sir John
Pakington. He has faced a difficult and odious task
with timely good sense, firmness, and spirit, and has
saved the country from incurring serious discredit and
injury in one of the most important dependancies of the
Crown.--Morning Post.

AUSTRALASIAN PACIFIC MAIL STEAM PACKETCOMPANY-
-On Wednesday the second half yearly general meet
ing of the shareholders in this undertaking was held at
the London Tavern, Bishepsgate-street, for the pur-
pose of receiving the report of the directors and on
other business. Mr. George Hibbert, the chairman of
the board, presided. Atter the usual preliminaries, Mr.
Champion Welton (the secretary) read the report,
which stated that in reporting the progress made in
winding-up the affairs of the company, the directors
had to state that the three steam-ships, Menura, Black
Swan, and Dinornis, had been duly paid for by the pur-
chasers, who had expressed themselves in terms of com-
plete satisfaction as to the performances of those fine
vessels. An arrangement had been made with the
builders of the Pelican, by which the company were
released from their contract for this vessel without
loss. The Emeu and Kangaroo are for the present pro-
fitably employed in her Majesty's iransport service. The
directors had not as yet received any offers for the pur-
chase of these vessels at a rate equivalent to their
value, and they wait an advantageous opportunity for
the disposal of them. The directors have transferred
the stock of coal at Panama to the Pacific Steam
Navigation Company at the cost price. The cargo of
coal shipped to Tallith has been pureha,ed by the
French Government at a reduction of 10 per cent.
on the cost; and the coal in depot at Auckland and
Wellington, New Zealand, is consigned to the care of
an eminent firm at Sydney, forabsolute sale, either at that
port or in New Zealand. Captain Hays, the com-
pany's superintendent, has been recalled from Sydney.
A return of 81. per share had been made to the proprie-
tors, and a further division will be made as noon as the
directors succeed in effecting a sale of remaining
vessels. In conclusion, the directors state that they
will wind up the affairs of the company with as
little delay as possible, consistent with a due regard
to the best interests of the shareholders, who might
rely on the strictest economy being exercised in so
nc
fo gtother items—costs
el - s eest ending June 3O last
and
showed
outfit ori
tdhoei-ndebTtoir side,e bala
a 1
of ships, 98,238/. 15s. ; cash on loan at interest, 0,0001.;2
bills receivable, 4411.175. 2d.; Admiralty charterand coals,
ank
23,1371.;ef54
g,e6l4)e3rlal
4cos.allaicdc.o u; natm, 5,2311. 3s.
in the whole to
3s. 5d.; balance at
h
153,557/. 2s. 9d. The creditor side showed—capital
stock (less return to shareholders at the rate of 81. per
share 97,8481), 73,0861. ; bills payable, 16,9581. 10s. id.;
outstanding accounts, 23,8441. 14s. 7d. ; voyage accounts
or Emeu and Kangaroo (to which debits not yet render.
-"l), 15.918/. 12, 7'. orafit :red 23 7491 5, 6,1
making a total of 153,5571. 2s. 9d. The chaineau moved
the adoption of the report, which was agreed to, and the
molting peparattd.